A few quick picks… Austrian physicists claim ball lighting is an optical illusion induced in the visual center of the brain by the intense magnetic fields of lightning. PatentlyO on the USPTO’s proposal to create a “slow,” “standard,” and “fast” lane for patent applications. Applicants will pay more for a […]
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A few quick picks… The National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) is welcoming public comments on dealing with contraband cell phones in prisons. Submit your comments before June 11. Hat tip: Ars Technica. Elliot revisits the cell phone ban on airplanes. Chiropractor in Frederick, MD cleanses “EMF toxins” using ancient […]
Martin Gardner died this week at the age of 95. Author of the long running Scientific American feature “Mathematical Games,” I will remember him most for his marvelous surveys of pseudoscience including Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus and Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. More from the Washington […]