Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
This one is for the lovely people Grant and Donna over at Ettrick Audio Visual in Morley, who are great entertainment technology engineers and do the best professional audio service and repairs. I’ll do a run-down soon on what podcasting equipment I use and I highly recommend their services. John Cleese!!
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Hat-tip to Neil Gaiman.
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First, check out the news by Edzard Ernst over on the Guardian: “False assurances – The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council’s claims to regulate alternative medicine are misleading and dangerous”: …Is all this then just a farce, a waste of money and a exercise to please Prince Charles? No, I’m afraid it is worse than [...]
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PZ Myers is freaking out a tad: “Everything seems to be toxic or dangerous in Australia. Newly discovered off the South Australian coast: carnivorous sea squirts. These creatures aren’t content with living on bacteria or debris — they function like a Venus fly trap, with a funnel shaped oral region on the end of a [...]
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This one’s for M, because I know they dig this graveyard too… For nearly every year of my teaching career, I’ve taught this play. Usually the filmic versions too. It’s quite interesting to show students the Franco Zeffirelli movie and Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet and have them talk about how they prefer the former! So, [...]
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Great summary over at Communicate Science / Zoonomian with blog entry: Dogs Are Spies from Venus‘ – ‘Contrary to popular belief, dogs are in fact spies from Venus. So maintained University of London philosopher Steven Law at today’s Centre for Inquiry London ‘Weird Science’ event at Conway Hall.’ Photo taken by that site. ‘Ben’s [Goldacre's] [...]
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You can follow Tim Minchin on Twitter here! New tour dates have been released for Perth and Sydney. From The Courier Mail, Tim Minchin finds pointed comedy in sex, God and rock: “I really do think that we’re getting worse as we get further away from enlightenment and Darwin,” he says. “Maybe because we’re getting [...]
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