Saturday, October 27, 2012

Saturday Links: October 27th

Here are your science links for the week. Enjoy!
  • Here's a whale whose sounds like a drunk man playing the kazoo.
  • Researchers have shown tractor beams to be a theoretical possibility.
  • A woman who medicated her animals with homeopathy and refused vet treatment for her dogs, has been banned from keeping animals. While I obviously agree that homeopathy is useless, I do have to ask why we're pursuing this so vehemently for a dog and yet we still don't require homeopathic remedies for the general public to be labeled as such. 
  • LeBron James promotes some sheet-y science.
  • Jorge Cham over at PhDComics.com shared an important video about open access for scientific publishing.

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about UFOs and the argument from ignorance.