Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Please note. This is in no way an endorsement of the substances mentioned. Or what it says about people from Manchester, just in case a lovely former co-worker is reading this (I miss you Pen!). …However, as evidence that everyone can have a sense of humor about even rather dodgy things — Prof Brian Cox’s [...]
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Gah, I hate it when things are terrifically busy and I’m focusing more on controlling sinus pain, workloads and impending study and writing deadlines – but do not let those kinds of grumbles deter you! There’s plenty happening in Perth and nationwide via the Australia’s National Science Week site for 2010! Today I’ll be checking [...]
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This is Rhys – he’s 15 years old and has Crohn’s disease. “It appears a great number of the people who make up Crohn’s forum are in love with so called alternative medicines.” This short ‘tweet-vid’ discusses what happened to him on a Crohn‘s Disease forum board and attitudes he’s come across (he’s also a [...]
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Thanks to Derek Colanduno for the find! Go check out the new Skepticality episode!
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I have a cold and everything has just slowed down to a crawl because of it. :/ I spent most of the day quietly editing and taking notes on a documentary I hope to use in class on the topic of creationism and intelligent design – so this new episode really cheers me up (even [...]
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Wahh, Philosophy Camp went well, with no bouncing Serval cats seen anywhere – although I have discovered that the best solution to staying awake in case of emergency is a sleeping bag. Especially when I rolled myself up in it and started to lose circulation. I did (thankfully!) remain very much awake for some excellent [...]
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Yes, it’s been an incredibly busy week and a half — hence mostly links rather than actual bloggy-blog posts. :/ This weekend? I’m off to a Philosophy Camp. About sixty or more students in total. It better not be as scary as this: Highly unlikely that I’ll be able to blog / tweet / email [...]
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