Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
We will shortly dig into the details of a recently published paper that reveals something deeply dire about climate change that had not been previously known, nor had it been predicted by the climate models, and yet it is now beginning to manifest. Dire as it is, there may actually be a bit of a … Read more
Do you feel that you need protecting from all that scary electromagnetic radiation that is coming out of your mobile phone? Well if so, then I have great news, there is a product called “LifeTune One” from Aires Tech that claims to do just that for you. At just under $90 a pop it just … Read more
OK, let’s start with the quick TL;DR; version – No, RFK Jnr is wrong about vaccine skepticism, he is a crackpot. I really should not need to publish any of this … but hey, for what are obvious reasons, here we are. RFK Jnr has long deep dark history of promoting utterly absurd non-scientific BS. … Read more
What happens when a Pro-life advocate hits the brick wall of a deeply harsh reality? A mother is pregnant, but now faces the devastating news that not only will the baby not survive, but unless she has an abortion, then it is highly probable that she also will die. It was perhaps inevitable that at … Read more
Earlier this month Tesla ran an amazing demonstration of its Optimus robots. They danced, they played games, they poured drinks. Amazing stuff. This is a Tesla tannoy that they are turning to AI/Robotics as their next big thing, and so every October they have run an AI Day which this year was called “We Robot”. … Read more
Every September since 1991 the IgNobel awards are given out, and so we now have the 2024 awards. The what? The IgNobel a satire of the Nobel prize which is shortly coming up. However, the published research that gets an IgNobel is real research. Basically they go find the weirdest whackiest research paper and then … Read more