Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
OK, so its the time of year when folks are wrapping presents … and just in case you need some guidance, well, here is a video showing you how to wrap a cat … Suggested Advice: Its just a bit of fun … DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME … many cats will not cooperate … Read more
WHY did the 2009 swine flu pandemic kill so many more young adults than children? Paradoxically, it might be because of past exposure to seasonal flu. When Fernando Polack of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues studied 75 adults with swine flu they found severe cases had more antibodies that bound to the virus … Read more
Professor Richard Wiseman started out as a professional magician, but since he now holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, he has obviously left all that behind him … or has he? Perhaps not, because he has just made the following YouTube video in which he shows … Read more
The author of the worlds most famous science blog, Pharyngula, gets email …and not just any old email, because he appears to attract droves of complete nutters who feel compelled to convert him. So how should you handle such rantings, bin it, ignore it, or have a serious discussion? Well, regardless of how you might … Read more
I just spotted this on Pharyngula here … and I believe PZ found it here … I love it … in fact I love it so much that I just had to share it with you as well … there is no need for me to say anything, for it speaks for itself far more … Read more
Something dramatic has just happened, but there is considerable confusion as to what exactly is going on … the picture on the left is that that of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani with her son Sajjad at home. Why the confusion, well only a few days ago she was in Jail awaiting for her death sentence of … Read more