Category Archives: Science

Underground War – Whistle Blowers strike back.

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Branedy

I may be the last to see this, a war, underground and undeclared, but a war. The opponents are a bit undefined but there is a clear and escalating combat in the world. I’m not talking about Terrorists, (although the … Continue reading →

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More Pseudoscience in the Press

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Branedy

This video at the BBC U.S. Site that claims Technology ‘rewires’ our brains Is yet another Pseudoscience attempt to baffle with Bullshit, the viewer. It comes off all Super Tech and is really no better than claiming that “Technology destroys … Continue reading →

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A Green reason for Electric Cars

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Branedy

I have often wondered if the use of Electric Vehicles, cars and Scooter’,s would ever become viable. And I had a revelation about how they could be more integrated into a green lifestyle. Almost everyone knows that that an electric … Continue reading →

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Gore – As cardiac stimulator to the environment

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Branedy

A cardiac stimulator (shock box) is not a heart rhythm but you can’t restore one without the other when it gets out of kilter. But in this nitpicky article Do-gooder Gore has it all wrong Where the author uses cherry … Continue reading →

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Displaying Toys

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Branedy

Conor got a cheap thrill from some of my Amazing Collection of computer Toys that I brought to the BarCampCork III meet up. I was more than happy to bring them out for an airing, although my back, and Walter’s … Continue reading →

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Give a man a fish…

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Branedy

Everyone has heard the old saw: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Lao Tzu But no one seems to think that it … Continue reading →

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Internet to shutdown to help environment.

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Branedy

In this article Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches the Times On-Line quotes from an energy researcher who has no access to Google energy data to state “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.” Much like posting his … Continue reading →

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Dark Energy / Dark Matter The Devil incarnate

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Branedy

I’m just waiting for the first fundamentalist religious group to propose that mysterious dark energy and Dark Matter are manifestations of the Devil and that this Darkness is the Biblical metaphor for Hell That We in the universe of Lightness … Continue reading →

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The (subtle) war on Science

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Branedy

Outside of the blatant Anti-Science attacks like Sarah Palin’s War on Science! There are more subtle attacks, a smearing of Science research that undermines Science such as this article; The world’s smelliest magnets I call BS on these sort of … Continue reading →

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Defeat McCain with the Truth

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Branedy

While the mud slinging and lies are flying from the GOP, the Obama campaign I’m sure are trying to find a strategy that will nullify the muck flowing from McCain and Palin. This West Wing Clip, while addressing a religious … Continue reading →

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Medicine and medieval torture

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Branedy

Having a Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) a Angiogram and a Transesophageal echocardiogram (TOE) in that order over the last three hospital working days, I can truly see that if you have the chance to avoid the hospital, you should make every … Continue reading →

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And everything else

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Branedy

As we were talking about our cat, my wife mentioned; “What would we do without him”, and I replied “Everything else!” And this brought to mind an old saying that was common when I was in the Navy. “A bitchy … Continue reading →

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Evolution is for optimists

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Branedy

I was watching a program on origins of humanity and realized that while listening to Zeresenay Alemseged, that people who believe in Evolution are optimists. And that brings into perspective those that are trying to suppress and dilute the teaching … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Scandal

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Branedy

Having watched a program on E4 about the ‘The Global Warming Scandal’ I was gobsmacked, while I believe both sides of the argument tend to cherry pick the data, and that I believe that no-one has yet put all the … Continue reading →

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Windpower and Solar face uphill battle in energy land

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Branedy

In this age when oil and gas, nuclear and coal and turf are being pushed as the ‘Only realistic’ source of energy for the future. The real issue is not that solar and wind power can’t supply the current and … Continue reading →

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