I stumbled across Appreciate the Cheese while looking up sites that are (geographically) close to me, and figured I too would pass along the link to eight episodes of NOVA for your online viewing pleasure including one with a large section on string theory.

Have people learned nothing from the matrix and dune? isn’t robots building robots recognized as the universal “you’re fucked” moment in technological advancement?

I’d rather be slaughtered by robots than die a slow lingering death from a Viral Pandemic.

What a way to go

Super-volcano, robotic rebellion or terrorism? Kate Ravilious asks 10 scientists to name the biggest danger to Earth and assesses the chances of it happening

Mathematicians crochet chaos

OF (creation) SCIENCE!

High School Level- 1st Place: "Using Prayer To Microevolve Latent Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria"

Eileen Hyde and Lynda Morgan (grades 10 & 11) did a project showing how the power of prayer can unlock the latent genes in bacteria, allowing them to microevolve antibiotic resistance. Escherichia coli bacteria cultured in agar filled petri dishes were subjected to the antibiotics tetracycline and chlorotetracycline. The bacteria cultures were divided into two groups, one group (A) received prayer while the other (B) didn’t. The prayer was as follows: "Dear Lord, please allow the bacteria in Group A to unlock the antibiotic-resistant genes that You saw fit to give them at the time of Creation. Amen." The process was repeated for five generations, with the prayer being given at the start of each generation. In the end, Group A was significantly more resistant than Group B to both antibiotics.

you’ll have to excuse me now, i have to go roll around on the floor having a combination of laughing fit and seizure…