Science by Email

Mike McRae On Radio National – What On Earth Is The Singularity?

by podblack on September 17, 2009

DO NOT MISS RADIO! ‘The coming of “The Singularity”…or not?’ Listen to it on All In The Mind on Radio National, 19th September at 1pm and repeated on Monday 21st September, 1pm. In fact, if you do miss it, I’ll be plugging the podcast of it. Endlessly. So you better be ready! Michael McRae has [...]

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Science, Critical Thinking And Children In Need

by podblack on July 10, 2009

Firstly — here’s two films that I made for the Skeptic Zone podcast and only recently got uploaded. They were first filmed for the TANK vodcast; now they are edited for easier viewing. Thanks to Richard Saunders for getting me more time to show them in full. Interview with Professor Jeff Malpas — Dr Jeff [...]

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100 Science Activities – Thanks To Science By Email!

by podblack on February 5, 2009

CSIRO’s Michael McRae has just sent me the following fantastic news! He writes the ‘Science by Email‘ mailout, a free online newsletter for members of CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club, parents, teachers, students and anyone with an interest in science. Recently they hit 30 000 email addresses subscribed!! Now, FOR FREE you can now check [...]

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Digital Cuttlefish Lyrical About Large Hadron Collider!

by podblack on September 11, 2008

Bugger! I should have guessed Blake Stacey would beat me to blogging it! The wonderful Digital Cuttlefish has a new poem about the Large Hadron Collider: The switch was thrown in Switzerland And protons zoomed around a bend— Across the world, we clasped our hands And waited for the world to end. The scientists at [...]

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Dear Digital Cuttlefish,

by podblack on May 30, 2008

When you’ve done with your glorious grand tour of the Continent, I’ve got something to share with you. Well, I’m going to get a hold of some of this first, then share it when we meet again – A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue from the NY Times: The miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum, is [...]

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Skeptical Books for Children – Part Four

by podblack on April 20, 2008

Following on from Skeptical Books for Children – Part One; Part Two and Part Three and a segue into gender and literacy with Mind The Gap, as related to the theme of reading strategies. You may note that I’m moving in a rather chronological fashion through the reading years, so I’d suggest you begin from [...]

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Jitterbug with Science By Email!

by podblack on February 8, 2008

A very good friend of mine, Michael McRae, works for the educational arm of the CSIRO – Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Thanks to him, you can sign up for science in your inbox! Today this fabulous little creature was produced for your viewing pleasure on YouTube: Get your own Jitterbug via the [...]

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