by podblack on August 21, 2009
What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier popular entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working. I also hope you check out the MiniBlog entries that feature on the sidebar too.
I should also point out that this year [...]
by podblack on July 5, 2009
From the UK Telegraph: In a pronouncement that will dismay America’s religious Right, which has long voiced suspicions about Potter’s “anti-Christian” message, the 19-year-old actor said he did not believe in God.
He also expressed his admiration for Professor Richard Dawkins, the prominent atheist and [...]
by podblack on June 2, 2009
Sorry, I’m just so excited – Telegraph:
Karen Alexander, a crop circle expert, said: “We have seen butterfly and bird patterns in the past, but this is the first jellyfish crop circle in the world.
“It is absolutely huge – roughly three times the size of most crop [...]
by podblack on October 6, 2008
Flicking back through my records, I noticed a list that was first started by Daniel Loxton on Facebook, recommending some good films for skeptics. He suggested:
Leap of Faith - with Steve Martin, loosely based on the Peter Popoff faith healing scam.
Fairy Tale: A True Story – which he pointed out has an excellent message [...]
by podblack on September 23, 2008
I can’t decide. I really can’t…
First – that the fantastic news that a friend of mine, Michael McRae, who was at TAM6 and is the Science By Email CSIRO writer… is now going to hit radio big time!
He got footage whilst at the Amazing Meeting 6 (as you might remember, the last one that featured [...]
by podblack on August 16, 2008
For Teh Science!! Just a few grabs:
A Secret Tool for the U.S. Swim Team – High-speed tracking techniques to measure fluid dynamics improve swimmers’ strokes.
The Tech Inside Olympic Fencers’ Amazing Future-Warrior LED Helmets- Basically, the future helmets only get busted out during big time Olympic competitions for, unsurprisingly, the aesthetics. They simply display the [...]