science

Sean Carroll’s – “a general manual of denialism” demonstrated by an Anti-Evolution Muslim

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Over a year ago in one of the keynote talks at the Science Writing in the Age of Denial Conference, UW–Madison genetics and molecular biology professor Sean Carroll outlined what he calls “a general manual of denialism”. That basically consisted of six tactics that have been used time and time again in denial campaigns since at … Read more

Interested in being educated at MIT for free? … Well, now you can.

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I tripped over this today and thought to myself … “Ohhh interesting” … MIT have put all their courses on-line and made them freely available to all. “The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone.” Dick K.P. Yue, Professor, MIT School of Engineering OK, … Read more

Fact really can be far stranger that fiction – rhizocephalan barnacles

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The name “rhizocephalan barnacles” sounds rather harmless, but this little creature does stuff that simply blows the head right off most biologists. The Wikipedia entry is a big clinical, so is there anything that captures the true horror here? Yes there is, deep sea news does a fine job … You’re lingering on the shoreline, … Read more

Creationism Rejected by all 14 Texas textbook publishers

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Not everybody is a complete idiot, in fact most people are generally quite sensible, and yet there are indeed some complete are utter fools around as well. Take for example the Conservative Christians on the Texas State Board of Education that have been attempting to insert religious superstition into science textbooks for years by attempting to … Read more

I fucking love science – An Interview with Elise Andrew

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Back n March 2012, out of mischief and frustration, Elise Andrew started a Facebook page entitled “I Fucking Love Science”. She was in the final year of her biology degree at the University of Sheffield, “working on my dissertation and procrastinating as much as possible,” when a friend asked her to stop posting science stories on her … Read more

2013 Nobel Prize – Chemistry

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And so now it is the turn of the alchemists, oops sorry, I mean Chemists, to receive an award. What is interesting about this category is that if you look down the list of past winners, you will at best only recognise a few names such as Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie, and Linus Pauling. Check the rest and … Read more