tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66772663031992362262026-07-05T06:02:18.790-07:00Science in ProductsProduct Reviews from a Scientific PerspectiveScience in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-68236519880705280932012-01-28T22:05:00.000-08:002012-01-28T22:06:31.303-08:00Mad Cow Disease explainedAlmost three years ago the Obama administration banned the slaughter of "downer" cows, cows that exhibited neurological dysfunction. The move was aimed at lowering the chance of infecting consumers with "Mad Cow Disease," more appropriately known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
The disease attacks the brain, destroying a person's ability to think and speak, destroying his memories and personality.Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-69095034801015309382012-01-28T21:53:00.000-08:002012-01-28T22:02:50.270-08:00Lawsuits on defective productsIn case something goes wrong with your product..
The general law of the land (and by which I'm talking about the United States) goes by strict product liability.
Now, this doesn't mean you can sue every single time the product in question causes some kind of damage. What it means is that you can sue every distributor that ever carried that particular defective product that caused you damage. So Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-22597293438724711702011-03-10T14:22:00.000-08:002011-03-10T14:22:32.962-08:00I found an amazing webpage today. There are simple animations that illustrate how complex machinery work here.Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-73565211373622449522011-03-02T21:02:00.000-08:002011-03-09T18:47:09.574-08:00Wrestlemania 27 PredictionsI've been tired of searching around for well-qualified Wrestlemania 27 predictions, so I thought I'd post my own thoughts on here.
Oh yes, I forgot to explain why this article is on a blog called "Science in Products." Basically, I've been following wrestling since 1996 when I was a middle schooler. Back then, wrestling was the cool thing to watch. This was the era of Stone Cold and The Rock, Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-18144823074607939242011-02-18T21:46:00.000-08:002011-02-18T21:48:11.019-08:00Talk about a bad, awkward STD advertisementA procedure, albeit expensive, has been discovered to cure HIV for certain patients."Hey honey! We need to talk! :D "
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Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-31191466201691001672011-02-18T20:29:00.000-08:002011-02-19T12:59:53.214-08:00We are the Borg. Resistance is FutileEdit: Public Announcement. Google has ripped me off, arbitrarily canceling my advertisement account, and taking back all the money I've earned. All thirty bucks of it, the cheap bastards (lol). They won't even give me a reason why. Do yourself a favor, if you're a publisher, avoid Google's Adsense. For more horror stories, including a lawsuit, see here.
Large cities remind me of Borg ships.
Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-42258275617534030292011-02-16T01:06:00.000-08:002011-02-16T01:06:40.246-08:00AIDS Cured in PatientA procedure, albeit expensive, has been discovered to cure HIV for certain patients.
HIV works by infecting the T-Cells, which are specialized white cells in your body. White cells, of course, are responsible for fighting off infection. When HIV infects T-Cells, it prevents them from doing their job, preventing the immune system from working properly. As a patient's immune system is slowly Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-32329237600810549832011-02-14T16:00:00.000-08:002012-01-28T21:59:19.477-08:00Valentine's Day Science: Science's Perspective on LoveHere's a quick explanation of what we know from science about love, as well as some fun facts.
Love explained by science
Hormones: Certain hormones are involved in the human brain in generating attachment, bonding, and love. These hormones are oxytocin, vasopressin, and endorphines. Oxytocin is involved with trust, and vasopressin with faithfulness in monogamy. Endorphines are Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-28011294818677448362011-02-14T15:00:00.000-08:002011-02-14T15:01:12.718-08:00Choices, and not Discrimination, results in Gender Gap in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math FieldsA study by Cornell sociologists seems to indicate that the lack of women in the sciences and engineering fields is due not so much as from discrimination, but rather from individual choices to be drawn to certain careers and not others, reports Science Daily in their article "Choices - Not Discrimination - Determine
Success for Women Scientists, Experts Argue." According to the article, the Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-34565030849746837012011-02-11T14:09:00.000-08:002011-02-11T15:42:03.340-08:00How to make Clear Care go fasterWARNING: I DO NOT AT ALL RECOMMEND ATTEMPTING TO DO SPEED UP CLEAR CARE'S REACTION RATE. THE FOLLOWING IS FOR SCIENTIFIC SPECULATION ONLY, AND FOLLOWING THROUGH WILL MOST LIKELY END IN HARM. THEREFORE, DO NOT DO THIS.
Let's say you're in the situation that you've popped in your lenses into the Clear Care lens case and used their hydrogen peroxide lens solution. Then you realize that you Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-89697560286115593722011-02-11T01:42:00.000-08:002011-02-11T14:15:05.987-08:00Linus Pauling and his magical Vitamin CMultiple-time Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling had an incredible fascination with Vitamin C, one that many scientists and medical professionals could call a dangerous obsession. His controversial claim about Vitamin C was that it could cure all sorts of health problems. And we're not just talking about the common cold or flu, here.
Linus Pauling, who won several Nobel prizes, claimed Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-10779762590440209482011-02-11T00:21:00.000-08:002011-02-15T02:37:46.919-08:00How Science Reporting WorksThese are two cartoons by the incredibly talented Zach Weiner at Sunday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
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Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-35674539297849802332011-02-09T22:23:00.000-08:002011-02-09T22:30:13.758-08:00Dogs trained to detect cancer...through sniffing poop and peeScientists have successfully trained dogs to detect cancer through sniffing human feces and urine.
The idea came from the late 80s, when there was a report of a woman who had a lesion on her leg. Her dog obsessively and repeatedly kept sniffing at it, and eventually tried to bite it. Instead of chastising her dog, she went to the doctor and had the lesion checked out. Apparently, it Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-46545843489182840562011-02-09T00:59:00.000-08:002011-02-09T01:02:58.776-08:00Too much college?Study asks: Does everyone need a college education? (CSM)By AMY ROLPH
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFFIs a national push to prepare every young person for college harming some students?That's the question a group of Harvard researchers posed at the start of a recent study, and they answered themselves with, "Probably."The report, titled "Pathways to Prosperity," points out that an increased Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-15479511268083035082011-02-07T02:30:00.001-08:002011-02-09T22:10:02.950-08:00A Conservative Politician's Take on an Environmentally-Friendly EconomyBook Review and Summary of The Constant Economy by Zac Goldsmithconservative environmentalismZac Goldsmith, editor of the Ecologist magazine and current Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate in Britain, outlines a number of political policies designed to move industrialized countries (focusing on Britain in particular) towards a more sustainable economy. In additionScience in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-7540433620630358202011-02-04T14:56:00.000-08:002011-02-04T15:05:08.301-08:00Amateurs use balloon to film Earth from space (Wired)By Amy Rolph
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Who needs a satellite to take pictures from space?Two Ph.D. candidates from Sheffield University in England launched a weather balloon into near space to capture footage usually only seen in photos from NASA or research groups.The result of the three-hour experiment was a breathtaking view of the world from above. A panoramic shot of the footage is posted on Flickr with Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-2121338743798447822011-02-02T22:18:00.000-08:002011-02-04T00:40:52.973-08:00Careful with your products!Whenever I look up information about Clear Care, I find a lot of people who have made mistakes and burned their eyes by putting the hydrogen peroxide solution into their eyes, despite the directions repeatedly and explicitly warning them NOT to do this. These people then blame the product, rather than taking personal responsibility.
Instead of taking personal responsibility, the complaints aboutScience in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-49868424848692061752011-02-02T11:20:00.000-08:002011-02-02T11:21:21.358-08:00Dangers of EATING LICORICEYes, you read that correctly.
A new study suggests that eating licorice while pregnant can harm your child. Apparently, women who eat too much licorice have children who, on average, have lower IQs and more behavioral issues. Expectant mothers who eat excessive quantities of liquorice during pregnancy could adversely affect their child's intelligence and behaviour, a study has Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-37557380479988964832011-02-01T09:50:00.000-08:002011-02-02T21:27:33.739-08:00Make it snow!Someone throws boiling water into the air outside where it's negative 22 degrees celsius!
See what happens when you toss boiling water in the air at -22 degrees!
Apparently, incredibly hot water also freezes much faster than cold water.Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-36577333338820890882011-01-31T18:02:00.000-08:002011-01-31T18:04:49.517-08:00What does Pluronic 17R4 do in Clear Care?The same online acquaintance who wrote about MiraFlow filled me in on a little bit of history of Clear Care, and talked about what the ingredient Pluronic 17R4 does exactly.
He writes:
Pluronic 17R4, it turns out, is one of a family of chemicals made by BASF. Opti-Free RepleniSH uses a different chemical made by BASF, Tetronic 1304. Both are surfactants - substances that act on the surface Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-19754517420997369262011-01-31T14:34:00.000-08:002011-01-31T14:46:07.749-08:00MiraFlow ReviewAn online acquaintance of mine wrote a description of his experiences with MiraFlow, a contact lens cleaning solution that he prefers over Clear Care. At Lens101 Forum he writes:
Back in the good old days - the late 80s, when I first started wearing soft contacts - the standard routine for soft contacts was a three step process. Clean the lens, rinse it off with saline, and then disinfect. ThereScience in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-75182082659635688672011-01-30T01:18:00.000-08:002011-01-31T21:15:02.681-08:00How Mad Cow Disease WorksOnce in a while, there will be reports of mad cow disease, scientifically known as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans. But unlike most deadly diseases, this isn't caused by a virus, a bacteria, or chemicals leading to cancer. It's caused by prions.
How do prions work?
Well the first question we need to explore what proteins are, and how they work. Proteins are microscopic structures in your Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-26154202536381859382011-01-28T01:28:00.000-08:002011-01-29T23:31:27.343-08:00Exploding Chromosomes and CancerA recent New York Times article reports that some researchers find that many cancers begin from a chromosome that "explodes."
New rapid methods of decoding DNA have brought to light a catastrophe that can strike human cells: a whole chromosome may suddenly shatter into pieces.If the cell survives this disaster, something worse may ensue: the cell becomes cancerous.Apparently "Dr. Campbell’s groupScience in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-14335661046922267452011-01-25T23:22:00.000-08:002011-01-28T11:02:39.617-08:00Book Review of The Constant Economy by Zac Goldsmith, Part IIIStart at the beginning, Part I
Goldsmith examines how industrial methods, from fishing to farming, greatly damage our environment and health to the detriment of long-term profit itself. The use of pesticides and antibiotics in non-organic farming results in millions of tax dollars being spent on water pollution clean-up. Industrial fisheries employ sixty-mile-long lines, or ‘draggers’ that Science in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677266303199236226.post-52674301676095532202011-01-24T22:28:00.000-08:002011-01-28T11:02:06.744-08:00Book Review of The Constant Economy by Zac Goldsmith, Part IIStart at the beginning: Part I
Akin to economist EF Schumacher, Goldsmith emphasizes the importance of local trade and decision-making, and opposes our increasing globalization and large-scale economics. Goldsmith argues that countries and communities with political power that is diffused through the local levels have greater happiness and societal health. He argues for more direct democracy, asScience in Productshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686773719970626339noreply@blogger.com0