Red Dwarf

Little Kitten – Red Dwarf Returning

by podblack on April 3, 2009

First — go to: www.skepticzone.tv, where you’ll find this iTunes link or even this mp3 download here (if you prefer not to use iTunes)… …and let us know what you think of the new, ‘improved’ Richard Saunders and Stefan Sojka… Oh, and listen to the interview with Dr Krissy Wilson, who you have already read about [...]

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Little Kitten – New Red Dwarf Episode!

by podblack on January 28, 2009

Many, many thanks to Swoopy of Skepticality for this find!! BBC News: Red Dwarf voyages back to Earth Cult comedy Red Dwarf is returning to TV, 21 years after its initial launch. The show has been resurrected by digital channel Dave for a two-part Easter weekend special, which sees the cast finally return to Earth. [...]

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Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

by podblack on January 26, 2009

No, I’m not talking about Dakota Fanning playing Jane in another Twilight movie, ‘New Moon’ (although I was reminded by Naontiotami that she’s appearing in psychic-sci fi film called Push, which I noticed last year)… It’s actually Bubble Wrap Day! I remember when I was first introduced to the idea of ‘tension sheets’, thanks to [...]

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Which Is Cooler? Red Dwarf Specials Or McRae On ‘All In The Mind’?

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 [...]

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Is There Ice On Maarrrrrrssss…

by podblack on June 21, 2008

First, check out Digital Cuttlefish and his take on the news: There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced Thursday. Photographic evidence settles the debate over the nature of the white material seen in photographs sent back by the craft. As seen in lower left of this [...]

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The Specialness Of Species

by podblack on January 2, 2008

Nearly fifteen years ago, I began my first degree… in Agriculture. This always astonishes students, who expect their English teacher wouldn’t be able to give advice on Biology homework nor be able to rattle off the taxonomic ranks of ‘Kingdom-Phylum-Division-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species’ on command. I changed my major for several reasons but did continue my interest in [...]

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