Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “science”

Moon – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Interactive article about the Moon

Psychology might be a big stinkin’ load of hogwash and that’s just fine

experimental-history.com/p/psychology-might-be-a-big-stinkin

Impact Protection Potential of Mammalian Hair: Testing the Pugilism Hypothesis for the Evolution of Human Facial Hair - PMC

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7671116/

Because facial hair is one of the most sexually dimorphic features of humans (Homo sapiens) and is often perceived as an indicator of masculinity and social dominance, human facial hair has been suggested to play a role in male contest competition. ...

Strolls with stops use more energy than continuous walking, scientists show

theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/16/strolls-with-stops-use-more-energy-than-continuous-walking-scientists-show

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023

Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.

We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering | New Scientist

newscientist.com/article/2443209-we-now-know-how-kestrels-stay-perfectly-still-while-hovering/

Can astrologers use astrological charts to understand people's character and lives? Our new study put astrologers to the test

clearerthinking.org/post/can-astrologers-use-astrological-charts-to-understand-people-s-character-and-lives-our-new-study-pu

Beware: A cheese crisis looms

vox.com/down-to-earth/2024/2/10/24065277/cheese-extinction-camembert-brie-mold

The ‘Science of Skincare’ Isn’t Science or Care

jessicadefino.substack.com/p/the-science-of-skincare-isnt-science

It's marketing.

Bike helmets: what the science really says about an American safety obsession.

slate.com/technology/2023/01/bike-helmets-cyclist-deaths-do-you-need-to-wear.html

Decreasing human body temperature in the United States since the Industrial Revolution | eLife

elifesciences.org/articles/49555

Our First Closeup Image of Mars Was a Paint-By-Numbers Pastel Drawing

kottke.org/22/12/our-first-closeup-image-of-mars-was-a-paint-by-numbers-pastel-drawing

On July 15, 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 probe flew within 6,118 miles of the surface of Mars, capturing images as it passed over the

Demand characteristics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_characteristics

Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in

phys.org/news/2022-11-earth-ronnagrams-metric-prefixes-voted.html

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog

theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/06/pumpkin-toadlet-frogs-uncontrolled-landing-jumps/661262/

A CHEMICAL HUNGER

achemicalhunger.com/

The study of obesity is the study of mysteries.

Car tyres produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show | Pollution | The Guardian

theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyres-produce-more-particle-pollution-than-exhausts-tests-show

Reporting bias makes homeopathy trials look like homeopathy works | Ars Technica

arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/reporting-bias-makes-homeopathy-trials-look-like-they-work/

When clinical trials are registered in advance, homeopathy doesn't seem to work.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real

‘I’d keep it on the down low’: the secret life of a super-recogniser | Science | The Guardian

theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/16/id-keep-it-on-the-down-low-the-secret-life-of-a-super-recogniser

Police employ them and scientists study them, but what is life like for the rare few who can never forget a face? Super-recogniser Yenny Seo didn’t think it was anything special