More news from the crazy world of time travelling: it’s still impossible. A team of intrepid researchers have trawled the Internet looking for references to Pope Francis that preceded his becoming a pope (i.e., the Catholic one; there are others) or to Comet ISON prior to its being named “Comet ISON.” Both […]
Year: 2014
Top Ten Popular Posts on The Science Bit, 2013
Here are the top ten most read posts on The Science Bit in 2013:
Reading this can damage your health
Remember, folks, if (a) it’s new, (b) it’s popular, and (c) it’s invisible, then you know what it is. That’s right. It’s a cancer-causing death ray inflicted by lazy-minded bureaucrats who wilfully want to kill your kids. Or “WiFi”, to you and me. Yes, WiFi causes cancer now. And that’s […]
Trajectory of poop and wee is non-random. I knew it!
It’s official. Dogs poop and wee in non-random directions, taking their cue from the Earth’s magnetic field: