Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
I really did not expect there to be a need to write this in 2026, but here we are: please do not be seduced by the claim that drinking raw milk is a health upgrade. I understand why the argument sounds attractive. Raw milk is marketed as natural, old-fashioned, nutrient-rich and less processed. In an … Read more
Collapse of the Easter Island civilisation because they chopped down all trees is a morality tale for us all – but did it really happen?
What is perhaps inevitable is that when some major event happens, conspiracy theories and myths take off. This is not unique to COVID-19, it happens with any and every major event. It might be tempting to simply roll your eyes and ignore it, but not addressing some of these myths will indeed have consequences. Take … Read more
Does the word “Easter” derive from the name of an ancient Germanic Godess named “Eostre” or is that a modern myth?
Katharine Hayhoe is not only a professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, but she is also the lead author on volumes one and two of the fourth national climate assessment. This means that she will find herself being faced again and again with climate change denialism and so she … Read more
Now that the dust has settled a little and the media frenzy has died down, I’d like to focus on it all by examining a few of the claims that have been tossed around within the twitter maelstrom. People tweet racist stuff all the time, so why all the focus? It is different for various … Read more