January 12, 2011 | The Skeptic Canary

Power Balance bands: the “Dumbo’s Feather” of the 21st Century

January 12, 2011 by Tom Leave a Comment

One product has really got skeptics worked up recently: the Power Balance bracelet. In case you are not familiar with it, the Power Balance bracelet is merely a silicone bracelet with a hologram in it. The makers claim that the hologram “work’s with your body’s natural energy field” and is “designed to resonate with and … [Read more…]

Cotesia glomerata: an amazing example of what evolution is capable of

January 12, 2011 by Tom Leave a Comment

I’ve recently read Richard Dawkin’s The Greatest Show on Earth (the Evidence for Evolution) and it pointed me in the direction of the family Ichneumonidae, a family of parasitic wasps. Most reproduce by injecting their eggs into their hosts (usually caterpillars). An example is Cotesia glomerata, subject of the National Geographic program In the Womb: … [Read more…]

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Day: January 12, 2011

Power Balance bands: the “Dumbo’s Feather” of the 21st Century

Cotesia glomerata: an amazing example of what evolution is capable of