Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts

Science, as I have told you, is but another of Life’s many games. Like all games, there is an element of fun if you will simply permit yourself to enjoy it.

I suggest that y’all read the following brief article (if for no other reason than your own self-advancement) :

P.S. Blackawton et al. 2011. Blackawton Bees. Biol. Lett. 7(): 168-172
(first published online 22 December 2010)

There is also an accompanying video podcast that you might enjoy.

Thanks to Jim over at the Confusion Research Center for bringing this article to my attention!

Gravitational lensing : NASA image

Source :

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_575.html

This image, from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the gravitational lensing resulting from the massive cluster of galaxies in the center of the image. The light from  one galaxy behind the cluster  is bent to create the three objects outlined in red. The light from an even more-distant quasar is bent to create the five objects outlined in blue.

You can read a synopsis of the Karen Ruggiero saga by using the university library’s online newspaper database. Mark Lisheron penned two articles in the Austin American-Statesman on the subject on 2001-11-18 (page A1) and 2002-01-03 (page B1).

A decade later, her influence continues.

Jan Hendrik Schön’s career train derailed at roughly the same time as Ruggiero’s. At one point in 2001, Schön’s name was appearing as an author (or coauthor) on a new publication once every eight days!

In the aftermath of his scientific misconduct, three dozen peer-reviewed publications were retracted in major (“name brand”) scientific journals.