We are often told that the brain is the most complicated organ in the human body, that its functions and activities are shrouded in mystery. This is certainly true. We really don’t know about a lot of the things the brain does or how it does them. There has been and continues to be, extensive […]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
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, […]
I’m attending Perth Skeptics in the Park, with about a dozen people sitting around in the shade of a gorgeous Sunday, and I’m telling people about the 10:23 Campaign interview I just did for the Skeptic Zone podcast. If you haven’t checked it out, it features Marsh of the Merseyside Skeptics.
Since I’m keen on Perth Skeptics […]
A different author today, since Richard seems a little busy these days.
The acquittal on appeal of Farah Jama on Monday highlights a problem most people are not aware of. That is that DNA evidence can be wrong, often with very serious consequences. Mr Jama has spent the last 15 months in jail for a rape he didn’t commit thanks to the probable contamination of DNA samples used […]
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 […]
Everyone I know has sat through an awkward class (or sequence of classes) at school. The one where the teacher bumbles along, being either a little embarrassed by the subject matter or just not any good at teaching it. The subject is, of course, sexual education, that most difficult of themes to effectively teach or […]
SEVENTY-FIVE ENTRIES! More needed! Get nominating!
Inspired by the annual The Open Laboratory, the Skeptical Blog Anthology is a printed anthology of blog posts voted the very best of 2009, managed by the Young Australian Skeptics in conjunction with the Critical Teaching Education Group (CTEG). The anthology is an attempt to bring a greater awareness of […]
In exciting news for people who have done any introductory electromagnetism course, I’ll be spending the next few weeks playing with ferrofluids in the second year physics labs at Melbourne Uni. The practical component of the course is compulsory, however the last two ‘set’ labs can be swapped out for a longer self devised project, […]
It’s now been mentioned by the ever-popular blog Pharyngula — so let’s see if there’s fans and followers of the Young Australian Skeptics who are going to go!
Join the likes of Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Catherine Deveny, Phillip Adams, Robyn Williams and even me, Kylie Sturgess, at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism conference […]
