This might be pretty controversial, but I’m going to go ahead and say it anyway.
I don’t have any problem with people who call themselves “climate change skeptics” — if they really are good skeptics. In fact, based on what I consider a reasonable definition of the term “climate change skeptic”, I’m a climate change skeptic. More on this later.
But, […]
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Perhaps I should come up with a different title when I do these; something other than Tales From The Tubes? Any suggestions?
Perth Skeptics participating in mass homeopathy overdose — This will be been and gone by the time this gets posted, but I look forward to hearing how it went. There are also corresponding events in the […]
A different author today, since Richard seems a little busy these days.
Reproduced from an earlier post I wrote here — with some minor edits. — Luke
You’ve all seen the the coal industry — and especially the Rudd government, too — telling us how wonderful CCS “clean coal” technology (i.e. carbon dioxide capture and geosequestration) is, and how it’s proven technology which is already in use, and how it’s going to solve all our problems […]
So, there’s an email circulating around, purportedly from “qualified pharmacist” George Mamouzellos, about how the new AH1N1(2009) vaccine is horrible and dangerous and kills your children. If you haven’t already seen this email, the text is here. Let’s take a look at it.
This is a very sad tale of parental irresponsibility.
Are we going to wait until the child is dead, and then maybe, eventually, take action against the parents? Even if that happens, that little girl will still be dead.
Have we learned anything from the tragic death of Gloria Thomas? Is our government prepared to step in […]
Here’s some of the latest from anti-vaccine conspiracy morons.
Potassium chloride (30), calcium chloride (31), and sodium chloride (32) are also listed as ingredients for CSL. All three are considered mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells.
Uh huh. The vaccine has got “mutagenic” sodium chloride in it.
Well, by popular demand, here’s a bit more of a primer on nuclear power.
It’s often said by its opponents that nuclear energy is somehow exceptionally dangerous, and therefore should not be used. However, my response to that is simple — where are the injuries? Where are the deaths?
The disaster at Chernobyl was really something very exceptional, and entire […]
The American plant scientist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug passed away earlier this month, at the age of 95, so I thought it might be a good excuse for a post about the Green Revolution, in which Borlaug played a central role.
“Norman E. Borlaug saved more lives than any man in human history,” […]
So, as many of you will know, there are a lot of misconceptions out there about nuclear power. I thought it might be good to talk about some of them.
There is one common argument which is put forward frequently by anti-nuclear activists, which is basically the concept that nuclear energy is no good because it’s not […]
