A lot of talk goes back and forth on science and skepticism blogs about the importance of science education and communication. Many popular books have been written on maths and physics (for those who are interested, Big Bang and Fermat’s Enigma by Simon Singh are both brilliant), but there are very few popular articles out […]
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In this opinion piece, published in The Age on March 9, 2010, Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam asserts that “Nuclear (energy) does not have the answers we need”. There’s quite a bit in this piece that I don’t consider to be well informed, accurate and unbiased — so I thought I would take a bit of a […]
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While looking through the science section at EzineArticles.com, I found an article which disputed the reliability of twin studies in psychology research. This in itself is not a bad thing. There are some methodological issues with twin studies. But the author’s main arguments were that twin studies don’t involve DNA testing, that the research results […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A different author today, since Richard seems a little busy these days.
