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Just A Theory
http://www.justatheory.co.uk
Our thoughts on science, and its relationship with the media.
- Added on: Apr 15th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: justatheory
- Listed in: Science News & Media
- Tags: science news funny philosophy media science communication
Recent Posts
Weekly Roundup: Formulas, food and a bit of fun edition
Universities must do more to stop formula stories This week Times Higher Education have an interesting article about your favourite and mine, the “formula for” story. Of particular concern is the move by PR companies to use students to ad...
Cliff Arnall’s new formula is a perfect toy
Cliff Arnall is back, and he’s got enough dodgy “formula for” stories to see us through til Christmas. The man behind the worst and best days ever has now come up with a formula for the “perfect toy”. As with all the fin...
Actually no, Sudoku won’t help you lose weight
Today the Daily Mail and the Telegraph both reported that spending time on Sodoku and other puzzles will help you lose weight. That’s right – you can simply think yourself thin, because giving your brain a workout apparantly burns 1.5 cal...
Pulling electricty out of thin air
I don’t know why, but I just love clever ideas for electricity generation. Maybe it’s because I’m a great big nerd with vague but constant guilt about how the energy I used is produced. The latest idea I’ve seen comes from res...
Weekly Roundup: I’ve been busy edition
A busy week has meant a pretty poor showing on Just A Theory, but hopefully a packed roundup will make up for it: LHC a-go-go The Large Hadron Collider is finally up and running again! As our CERN correspondent Emma mentioned last month, scientist in...
The Mandelbulb: first ‘true’ 3D image of famous fractal
This strange object is the Mandelbulb, a 3D version of the famous Mandelbrot set fractal. I’ve written an article about it over at New Scientist, so go check it out, along with a gallery of more 2D and 3D fractals. ...
