Science Is Badass!

A semi-regular blog by Tim Barribeau, of all the science news he can't find a buyer for.

Infographics: Separating Science From Scams

By Tim Barribeau, on February 25th, 2010

You in the mood for an awesome animated infographic? Of course you freaking are! Check out this awesome illustration at informationisbeautiful.com. David McCandless and Andy Perkins have pored over almost a thousand research papers looking for this information. It charts herbal supplements popularity versus their published effectiveness. Radius is how many hits they have on Google, [...]

February 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Medicine | One comment

Social trypanosomes – it's too late, they're organized.

By TardiGREAT!, on February 22nd, 2010

Trypanosomes are a group of protozoan parasites, some of which cause human diseases, one of which is Trypanosoma brucei, and causes African sleeping sickness. Infections start with the relatively minor symptoms of fevers, joint pain and itching, but once the parasite penetrates the blood-brain barrier (a remarkable feat that stumps most pathogens and parasites) then the symptoms get [...]

February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Biology, Medicine | Leave a comment
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