Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
OK, I’m back and so normal service will now be resumed. Did I really drive 6,000 miles? Nope, it was 6,471 miles to be precise. I really wish I’d had a camera handy to capture the look on the face of the guy at the hire car company when he totted up the miles and … Read more
As I drive north, one big surprise has been the sight of dead trees … not just the odd one or two, but entire forests, mile after mile after mile … millions. Why … what is going on here? Two words sum it up … “Climate change” … or to be more precise, “spruce beetles”. … Read more
Dinosaurs dominated the earth for over 150 million years and it was not until about 66 million years ago that they ceased to exist. Whether this extinction was a gradual process or an abrupt catastrophic end has been subject for scientific and geological discussion for many years. In search for these answers, scientists research beyond … Read more
August will be a rather sparse month for posts because I’m currently on a very long road trip and am heading North to Alaska … yes really. having climbed Ranier with my son and daughter. we are now all driving into the wilderness … (If curious, the following pictures are mine, I took them all … Read more
The title is literal and not simply a metaphor, I’m off today to start a climb of Mt Ranier, so no postings for a few days. Yes, we are going for the top 14,400ft … so it is ropes, ice axes, and crampons as we traverse glaciers and potentially risk Oxygen starvation due to the … Read more
Apparently the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) biology textbooks had once taught that the existence of the Loch Ness monster disproved Darwin’s theory of evolution. OK, you can stop laughing now … this was no joke, they have actually been teaching kids that the proof that evolution was wrong was a completely fictitious myth. Really? Sadly yes … … Read more