Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The infamous Chapter 19 of the Murphy report is out … and so I blogged about it yesterday here, but why return to it once again? Well because there is a well-written article in todays Irish Times, that warrants a mention. Here is a selection of sound-bites followed by a link to the full article … Read more
Its a story of a cover up and corruption, to illustrate here are some key extracts from the story published in yesterdays UK Guardian … The Vatican tried to stop Irish church leaders from defrocking a paedophile priest whose abusive behaviour was known about from the early 1970s, a previously censored chapter from a report … Read more
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
John Pilger, the famous war correspondent, film-maker and author, who has also twice won British journalism’s highest award, that of Journalist of the Year, has published a pledge in today’s UK Guardian. He starts off with … Since Sunday, 28 November, WikiLeaks and five major newspapers from around the world (the Guardian, the New York … Read more
There is news that a Christian couple have been given a ten year jail sentence. Yikes, sent to jail for being a Christian, sounds horrendous … what backward nation of barbarians have inflicted this dire punishment, who was it that persecuted these poor souls … Iran, Iraq? … Nope, it was the state of Pennsylvania … Read more