One of my university friends recently led a research team and predicted a number of sea-serpents that had "yet to be discovered".
http://rhul.ac.uk/Resources/Helper_apps/...ef_no=1902
This is of course in the realms of "cryptozoology", a pseudo-science that usually attracts creationists. My friend though is a staunch skeptic, an agnostic atheist, and is a postgraduate in evolutionary biology. He reckons cryptozoology is a fascinating subject that can calculate the likelihood of ancient mythical creatures being real (going on reported sightings, etc).
The paper they just published is already getting quite a bit of attention.
Also in possible not-so-pseudo-science news, cold fusion may be making a comeback:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...031709.php
http://rhul.ac.uk/Resources/Helper_apps/...ef_no=1902
This is of course in the realms of "cryptozoology", a pseudo-science that usually attracts creationists. My friend though is a staunch skeptic, an agnostic atheist, and is a postgraduate in evolutionary biology. He reckons cryptozoology is a fascinating subject that can calculate the likelihood of ancient mythical creatures being real (going on reported sightings, etc).
The paper they just published is already getting quite a bit of attention.
Also in possible not-so-pseudo-science news, cold fusion may be making a comeback:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...031709.php
