Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A few weeks ago in Morocco a boy and a girl aged 15 and 14 kissed as their 15-year-old friend took photos outside their school in the northern town of Nador, and they then posted the pictures on Facebook. What happens? – they were then arrested and put on trial. Yikes! So far this response … Read more
We know that the Assad regime in Syria is a brutal dictatorship, one that any decent human being would be delighted to see vanquished. there are no doubts on this issue, human Rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have detailed how Bashar’s government and secret police routinely tortured, imprisoned, and killed political opponents, and those who … Read more
Now this is where the Nobel’s can take a left-hand turn into the twilight zone of weirdness. While the various Swedish academys and assemblies have made some very good decisions for the scientific and literature awards, it is now over to the Norwegian Nobel Committee today for the “Peace” award, and they, quite frankly, have made some rather … Read more
If I asked you to pick between Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act, then you would either scratch your head or even perhaps suggest that I should F***-off. Why? Well, because they are the same fracking thing, ah but you knew that … right? … you did didn’t you? In fact you would assume everybody … Read more
This is an old story from last January, but oh so nice … and yes I only just came across it … apparently it takes me almost nine months to catch up with stories in the Telegraph. I’m highlighting it because I thought that you might enjoy seeing a racist plonker get his comeuppance. Tommy Robinson (apparently … Read more
Over at Pharyngula, PZ writes about the brain drain and how bad things are in the US … The brain drain is beginning. Nearly 20% of American scientists would like to get out of this country. New data compiled by a coalition of top scientific and medical research groups show that a large majority of scientists … Read more