Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
50 Years ago, Charles Townes headed the team that invented the Laser at Bell Labs … he was 45 years old and having a blast cooking up all this really cool stuff … so where is he now 50 years later? … would you believe he is still doing the same at the age of … Read more
Jonathan Amos, a BBC Science correspondent, has published on their news website a fascinating insight into the latest Voyager milestone (side thought: given the distance Voyager has travelled, is it really valid to use the term Milestone for Voyager?). Anyway, here is a quick extract. If you catches your attention, then click the link to … Read more
Official Fox News policy is to simply make it up … I’m not kidding, staff have been directed to push fiction as fact. We all knew it, in fact when faced with a believer in woo quite often the first question that pops into your head might be, “Do you by any chance get all … Read more
The peer review journal Environmental Microbiology has a panel of knowledgeable subject matter experts who review and comment on articles that have been submitted, and, as might be expected, nestled among the comment extremes that run from “What the frack is this crap” through to “Great job, approved for publication” you find some true gems. … Read more
The Boston Review has an article entitled “More Crank Science” and is by Jerry A. Coyne, a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution … its well worth reading … I highly recommend it … here is an extract … following by a link to the full article … … Read more
For some, Wikileaks is evil incarnate, and so they have not held back from openly calling for extreme measures against Julian Assange. Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, said those who passed the secrets to Assange should be executed. Sarah Palin demanded that Assange himself should be hunted in the same way an al-Qaida operative … Read more