Category Archives: Science

WHY THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT RESULTS ARE A GOOD THING.

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Philip

WHY THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT RESULTS ARE A GOOD THING. Benedict Carey says that the results of the Reproducibility Project “have confirmed the worst fears of scientists who have long worried that the field needed a strong correction.” Despite the dismay … Continue reading →

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THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT.

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Philip

THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT. I have posted a number of times about the need for publishing replications studies and negative results. For example, I said here: “If more papers are published, more dull but important negative results and more dull but … Continue reading →

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NIGHT HERON POOP.

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Philip

NIGHT HERON POOP. I posted here about the problems that night herons were causing for a mail box belonging to a neighbor of ours. The white-besmeared mailbox was right below a night heron nest. I was looking at THE BIRD … Continue reading →

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NOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE WHAT THE FIRST FLIGHT WAS LIKE.

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Philip

NOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE WHAT THE FIRST FLIGHT WAS LIKE. James Salter calls attention to an interactive simulation of the first flight at firstflight.open.ac.uk “where you can fly it, or try to. There are several choices of speed as well … Continue reading →

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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS SOLVING THE SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS OF HOW TO FLY.

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Philip

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS SOLVING THE SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS OF HOW TO FLY. James Salter has a review of David McCullough’s new book THE WRIGHT BROTHERS in the New York Review of Books (August 13). McCullough is a very good story teller, … Continue reading →

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WEDGWOOD—A BUSINESSMAN DOING SCIENCE.

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Philip

WEDGWOOD—A BUSINESSMAN DOING SCIENCE. I posted here five years ago about how THE WESTERN INTELLECTUAL TRADITION by J. Bronowski and Bruce Mazlish treated the accomplishments in applied science of manufacturers as being of equal intellectual importance with those of the … Continue reading →

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TIME AND MOTION STUDY COMES TO BANK ROBBERY.

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Philip

TIME AND MOTION STUDY COMES TO BANK ROBBERY. Shortly after I referred in this post to the time and motion studies of the Gilbreths, I came across another example of time and motion study which comes from the period around … Continue reading →

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS THAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED AS SCIENCE (COMMENT).

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Philip

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS THAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED AS SCIENCE (COMMENT). I posted here on an article by Gina Kolata in the New York Times about how hospitals have reduced the amount of time to treat people having heart attacks. She gave the … Continue reading →

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THE PERRY MASTODON.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Philip

THE PERRY MASTODON. The owners of the property on which the Perry Mastodon acted very differently than the owners of the property where the Yorktown mastodon (or mastodons?) was found over 30 years ago. The Perry Mastodon was found on … Continue reading →

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FINALLY DIGGING UP THE YORKTOWN MASTODON.

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Philip

FINALLY DIGGING UP THE YORKTOWN MASTODON. In 1983 a group of mastodon bones was found in a creek near Yorktown, Virginia. The owners of the property refused for 32 years to permit excavation to look for other bones of the … Continue reading →

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