Energy Drinks—Today’s Patent Medicines
The renewed attention directed at energy drinks and their efficacy recalls efforts a century ago to outlaw patent medicines.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/02 at 12:55 PM
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Monday, December 17, 2012
Revisiting Noah’s Ark?
Recent attempts to reconstruct Noah’s ark join a long line of such efforts. One of the more thoughtful came from pen of the 17th-century Jesuit polymath and all-around quirky thinker, Athanasius Kircher.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/17 at 11:29 AM
Friday, November 23, 2012
A Phrenological Evaluation of Andrew White
In 1879 The Phrenological Journal evaluated Andrew White just after he had been appointed ambassador to Germany.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/23 at 06:59 PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A History of Genetic Degeneration Theories
Nathaniel Comfort offers a history and critique of Gerald Crabtree’s intellectual degeneration claims.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/21 at 02:24 PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dawn of the Living Genetic-Materialist Determinism
There seems to be something retrograde about Dr. Crabtree’s assertions about our collective intellectual decline.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/20 at 12:47 PM
On History and Irony
A response to Christy Wampole’s New York Times piece on the dangers of irony, with some help from the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.
Posted by Amy E. Slaton on 11/20 at 09:04 AM
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A Historian of Science Reads History of Science
How one particular historian of science read his history of science. More adventures in an academic’s library.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/14 at 11:57 AM
Sunday, November 11, 2012
More Velikovsky Paraphernalia
Here is some more Velikovsky material I found in a box I recently opened.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/11 at 10:47 PM
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Pseudoscience and Orthodoxy
Steven Shapin excellent review should prompt you to rush out and purchase Michael Gordin’s latest book, The Pseudoscience Wars
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/31 at 03:27 PM
Corporate, Personal, and Neon Museums
Carpigiani’s gelato museum, Bill Koch’s old west town, and Las Vegas’s neon museum show how museums continue to assert authority and establish identity.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/31 at 07:19 AM