http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/david_bradleyArticles by DAVID BRADLEY, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:16:52 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:16:52 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/homeopathy-really-doesnt-work.htmlA couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been found ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/homeopathy-really-doesnt-work.htmlNational Health Servicehttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/latest-science-headlines.htmlTime to bring you up to date on the latest science headlines I’ve put together for other sites this last couple of weeks, so here’s a quick round-up: I also report on yet another “omics”, in which conservators take a leaf out of the biologists’ ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:47:35 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/latest-science-headlines.htmlFacebook Inc.http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/genetically-engineered-heavy-metal-fans.htmlThe wastewater released from industry often contains high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can kill organisms, damage ecosystems, and accumulate in the foodchain. Electroplating, lead smelting, mining, and countless other processes produce enormous ...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:03:58 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/genetically-engineered-heavy-metal-fans.htmlhttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/juggling-cancer-nano-news.htmlLatest news reports from yours truly on Spectroscopynow.com Juggling matters on the brain – UK scientists have used magnetic resonance imaging to reveal that learning a complex task like juggling can causes changes in the white matter in the brain. The ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:08:41 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/juggling-cancer-nano-news.htmlhttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/berlin-wall-falls-in-australia.htmlTwenty years ago today, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I lay on a bed in a cramped backpackers’ hostel in the Katherine Gorge National Park (now Nitmiluk), in Australia’s Northern Territory, watching news of the fall of the Berlin Wall (now rubble). ...Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:53:45 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/berlin-wall-falls-in-australia.htmlhttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/alchemical-anomalies.htmlIn the current issue of The Alchemist we learn how to stick methane molecules to metals without breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds and how to make impossible carbene catalysts without the usual prerequisite of an attendant metal centre. Another seeming ...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:18:24 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/alchemical-anomalies.htmlhttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/twitter-science-list-categories.htmlThe manually compiled Scientwists list of science people on Twitter grew from around 100 of my contacts in January 2009 to almost 700 members, who asked to join or who retweeted the link as of October. Justin Reid helped automate the inclusion of bios ...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:45:24 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/twitter-science-list-categories.htmlTwitter Inchttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/cell-twitter-interview.htmlLaura Bonetta wrote an excellent article for the science journal Cell recently in which she quoted various science types who use Twitter on the subject of whether or not scientists should be tweeting. It’s a topic I’ve discussed more generally ...Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:32:03 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/cell-twitter-interview.htmlTwitter IncLinkedIn CorpFriendFeedWordpresshttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/categories-for-science-tweeps.htmlOkay. Okay. Pressure was on to categorise my scientwist list…so I’ve made a start. First off, the spillover (lots of tweeps in the T to Z group from the TweepML.org version of my scientwist list, which has 650 members of thereabouts) have now each been ...Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:28 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/categories-for-science-tweeps.htmlhttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/scientists-on-twitter.htmlHowever, just as I migrated the old manual list to Tweepml.org to help automate bio and avatar updates, Twitter announced the release of its own lists system. As far as I can tell Twitter lists are now public knowledge (I no longer see the request not ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:03:37 GMThttp://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/scientists-on-twitter.htmlTwitter Inc