Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Aung San Suu Kyi’s struggle was one of the many examples used in my classes this year in regards to human rights and justice. As one of the founders of the National League for Democracy and the winner of the 1990 general election, she was held for 15 years due to her political activities and [...]
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From the NY Times: Tan’s work overflows with human warmth and childlike wonder. But it also makes a perfect adult bedtime story, a little something to shake loose your imagination from the moors of reality right before your own dreams kick in. If you have a look through my Skeptical Books for Children series, you [...]
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First – if you’re keen on blog carnivals and writing about academia – get your entries into Praxis Carnival, out on the 15th January here at Podblack.com – details as follow: The carnival is intended to cover all aspects of life as an academic, whether it’s the lifestyle, career progress, doing a Ph.D., getting funding, [...]
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Yes – you read right: On Parched Farms, Intuition Used to Help Find Water Phil Stine is not crazy, or possessed, or even that special, he says. He has no idea how he does what he does. From most accounts, he does it very well. “Phil finds the water,” said Frank Assali, an almond farmer [...]
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The New York Times: ‘… And now with the turmoil engulfing the financial markets, some psychics say they have been experiencing a boom in business linked to deep worries about money. “It used to be always love, love, love. Now it’s money, money, money,” said Mary T. Browne, who was once described by Forbes magazine [...]
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I was going to just pop this into the miniblog… but it got me thinking beyond the subject it talks about: teaching evolution in modern times and changes made to the education system in Florida to cater for this. Besides, I have about three hours to kill whilst sitting here at Gatwick airport, and I [...]
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Recently I linked in my miniblog to a recent Nature study on learning from magic tricks about the brain. Included with the paper are videos from a conference – magicians like Teller from Penn & Teller, James Randi and the Great Tomsoni. Here is a terrific demonstration of a scientist (and a New York Times [...]
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Kate McAlpine gets funky with physics! Thanks to Let the Proton Smashing Begin. (The Rap Is Already Written):
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