by podblack on December 17, 2009
First, just a quick reminder to everyone out there regarding Tim Minchin’s White Wine in the Sun and how it’s now going to help an autism charity. Regarding skeptics and climate change, I am immediately reminded of the Australian Skeptics National conference in Adelaide, 2008, which featured a ‘climate debate’ between professors Ian Plimer and [...]
by podblack on June 26, 2008
From Slashdot: “A recent headline at Entertainment Weekly suggests that the ’100 Best Reads’ of the last 25 years do not include a single science book (not even a popular science book). In response, cosmologist Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance has given an interesting analysis of EW’s disappointing list, and Soul Physics is calling for [...]
by podblack on March 8, 2008
The PodBlack Cat can’t avoid crossing the path of this one! There’s an interesting offshoot from the US elections that has caught my attention recently — John McCain’s superstitious beliefs being openly touted – “I’m wearing my lucky shoes from today till Sunday,” McCain says from his bus on Wednesday. At the moment, his pockets [...]
