Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Now, Joel, Andy and Jack have all begun asking questions on Twitter – so, I have started asking more questions myself about the Dr Richard Wiseman ‘Psychic Twitter Science Experiment’ or whatever he and New Scientist are calling it. Psych-twitters? Anyway, it’s the one I noticed back in this post, Twitter If You’re Psychic? Or [...]
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I’m involved with the site Stop Jenny McCarthy (www.stopjenny.com), a site that was started by another member (who wishes to remain anon) in response to the anti-vaccination claims of Jenny McCarthy. Soon, this site will be launched: Jenny McCarthy Body Count. It’s really quite clever – clicking on the links for the preventable cases and [...]
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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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Sorry about the incredibly light blogging activity recently – consider it a trickle-over effect from the more recent ‘week of holiday’ and the news about a shark attack in Perth. On Christmas Day, we gave my father-in-law a Mythbusters DVD about sharks. It is believed the shark was last seen swimming south towards Fremantle. The [...]
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My Science is Hotter than Dr. Isis’s Naughty Monkeys Because… Yeah, monkeys can be bad. But not as bad-ass as my tango shoes. You’re saying you do science in those shoes? Science doesn’t require one to dress up pretty to get the job done. I could do a variety of things in these shoes, but [...]
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Uh huh…. Mystery over big-screen return of ‘The X-Files’ The X-Files, the cult 1990s television show that made conspiracy theories respectable and gave serious consideration to the influence of aliens on planet Earth, is to make a comeback. Serious consideration? With its introduction of the Jim Rose Circus to the world? Jodie Foster’s voice as [...]
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A lot of attention has been given to the recent win of Shivani Sud, a young woman of Indian heritage who took first prize in the Intel Science Talent Search (formerly the Westinghouse Science Talent Search). It led me to reflect upon an article by Freakonomics in the NY Times, which touches upon some recent [...]
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