Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Go. Now. Download. Listen. Send in appreciative notes that we need more! Michael McRae is on Australia’s Radio National – again! Implications Of Life Beyond Earth – The Science Show The search for extra-terrestrial intelligence continues. If it is ever found, it will seriously challenge many people’s ideas about the origins of life on Earth. [...]
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As I poke around the research on the ANU Center for the Public Awareness for Science site (where my good friend Michael McRae graduated from with his postgrad degree in science communication) – I make a great discovery! The program – Science for Mums – is being run at Canberra’s Questacon. Under the program, a [...]
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Three reviews in one! Enough to make you break out in unholy ditty to the glory of texts that question the power of religion… I first learned of the Hillsong Church via two sources: one was Peter Bowditch’s Millenium Project site and an interview with Tanya Levin by Andrew Denton on Enough Rope – which [...]
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New broadcast from The Science Show by Robyn Williams! Dylan Lane looks at the popularity of psuedosciences such as astrology and ESP. He considers the role of the media and questions the responsibility the media bear in giving so much airtime and column space to psuedoscience, rather than science itself. He is apparently a student [...]
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One of the wonderful things about Skepticality podcast is how it is a show that is willing to be investigative and critical – of skepticism itself. It’s not a show willing to rest on the proverbial laurels or just think that just existing is enough for promoting science or communicating the need for critical thinking. [...]
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I like my friends in weird places. Well, I call America ‘weird’, but they sure do produce some good stuff on occasion. Can weird be a synonym for ‘charming’? Today’s reading material was sent to me by a fellow who isn’t a ‘skeptic’, nor really one for online interactions – since I had a nasty [...]
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