The Nobel Channel Alfred Bernhard Nobel after leaving specified amounts of money to his surviving relatives and friends set up a fund in his last will and testament which would earn interest. The knowledge we take for granted today was slow in coming, and along the way, scientists and scholars had some weird ideas. This web location provides a timeline and points out some of their mistakes , provides biographies of scientists who have moved us along the right path, and lists references you can use to learn more, Strange Science. You'll see a collection of 3D models showing the skulls of man's ancestors accompanied by explanatory text. The web location is actually a dressed down version of a CD-ROM which you can purchase.
Junk science is faulty scientific data and analysis used to used to further a special agenda.
Steven J. Milloy debunks this faulty data used by personal injury lawyers, social and environmental activists, power-hungry government regulators, and others on a daily basis. In days gone by, kids used to have their parents buy them chemistry sets to create odd smells or loud explosions. If no chemistry sets were handy they might have watched Mr. Wizard on TV as he had coke bottles swallow eggs or have static electricity light a light bulb. Today, there is Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab. During the hot month of July, what could be more appropriate than the study of snowflakes and snow crystals.