Dr Phil Plait

Songs From The Science Frontier And Bad Astronomy On Skepticism

by podblack on August 18, 2010

I won’t write on this again, but essentially, yesterday I was so unwell that even I didn’t want to be around myself – so, the following items have done a pretty good job of cheering me up! Hello to the world of the living, this revolting zombie-death-like cold can’t last for much longer, I hope! [...]

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The Bad Astronomer’s Speech At TAM8

by podblack on July 17, 2010

This is with very big thanks to Espilon Clue, who features the majority of the speech. There are some arguments he makes at the end, and Dr Phil Plait responds in the comments – I hope Dr Plait includes in the promised ‘blog-follow-up’ he has planned, the post by Tribal Scientist. You can see his [...]

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Why Is Science Important? Video Series Now Out!

by podblack on March 14, 2009

I get email! Why is science important? — A collection of thoughts from leading scientists, public figures, …and you. I am a British science teacher who runs a “collaborative” blog project at www.whyscience.co.uk which seeks to find meaningful, satisfying answers to the question “why is science important?’ I’d be most grateful if you would take a [...]

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Sara Mayhew Brilliance!

by podblack on February 27, 2009

Check out the Death in the Skies cartoon! She also features on TED.

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