Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Unapocalypse is here and guess what, those Mayan’s were spot as, as predicted, the earth blew up and we are all now dead ….. er perhaps not, but then you never really thought it would actually happen did you, but sadly some did. So now we bizarrely have the fact that something that did not … Read more
Given the date today, it is perhaps time to repost an article I wrote about two years ago. When it comes to the year 2012, our current culture appears to have picked up a bit of silly doomsday baggage. The fact that this has happened is no surprise, because we have a thriving industry focused … Read more
If you have kids, you will in fact live longer, this has been observed to be true, but why? A new study gives us some interesting insights. There is a study reported within “Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health” entitled “Childlessness, parental mortality and psychiatric illness: a natural experiment based on in vitro fertility treatment … Read more
A Muslim has posted the following claim that is currently doing the rounds at the moment … (I’ve had to truncate the text a bit, it is too long to post it all) … THE SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES OF THE QURAN : BLACK HOLES … the verse below may also be pointing to this scientific discovery about black … Read more
There is an article in the HufPo entitled , “On Being a Spiritual Atheist“. The title causes me to pause, what on earth does it mean? Atheism is simply an answer to one question, the God one. That is the entire scope, anything else is something else. The word “Spiritual” has always bothered me, what … Read more
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is preparing what is known as its Fifth Assessment Report for publication next year .. and somebody has leaked a draft. It’s an open process, but reviewers are not supposed to publish. The BBC Reports … In a statement, the IPCC says it “regrets this unauthorized posting which … Read more