science

How fast can wireless data get?

How fast can wireless data get?
May 22, 2013
science

I’d love to be able to go totally wireless, but the data speed I get is simply way too slow …Click to read more…

Climate Change: How much agreement do we have from the subject matter experts?

May 21, 2013
Climate Change

Read some press stories and you would get the impression that the topic of Climate Change is one that is …Click to read more…

400 ppm …. yikes!

400 ppm …. yikes!
May 11, 2013
Climate Change

400 ppm is an artificial milestone of course, and yet perhaps also a significant one. We are apparently travelled back in time to the Pliocene, a time roughly 3 …Click to read more…

How to spot bad science

How to spot bad science
May 5, 2013
Critical Thinking

The TED brand, run by the folks who hold annual conferences to spread good ideas, have some truly inspiring clips …Click to read more…

The face on MARS … er, well not quite a face as such.

The face on MARS … er, well not quite a face as such.
April 25, 2013
Humor

They never intended to do so … honestly … but alas NASA has managed to draw an image of a …Click to read more…

Anybody want to go to MARS … one way tickets only

Anybody want to go to MARS … one way tickets only
April 22, 2013
science

The MARS One Publicity bandwagon is rolling on, this is the Dutch effort to establish a colony on Mars by …Click to read more…

Vaccines save lives … anti-vaccine beliefs kill.

Vaccines save lives … anti-vaccine beliefs kill.
April 20, 2013
Critical Thinking

25 year old Gareth Williams has become the first person with measles to die in the latest Swansea outbreak. So why in …Click to read more…

#QEDcon – Brendan O’Neill – Is Science the New Religion

April 15, 2013
politics

Mr O’Neill now has a blog posting up, that starts with … Today, I gave this speech at the sceptical QED …Click to read more…

The Susan Greenfield Article generator

The Susan Greenfield Article generator
April 9, 2013
kooks

Susan Greenfield is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords, who specializes in the physiology …Click to read more…

Book Recommendation- Bill Bryson: A short history of nearly everything

Book Recommendation- Bill Bryson: A short history of nearly everything
March 16, 2013
science

Dr Dave Hone, a nice chap from the University of Bristol who specializes in dinosaurs and pterosaurs, has a list …Click to read more…

Oh heck, we made a mistake

Oh heck, we made a mistake
March 12, 2013
Critical Thinking

Did you catch the news not too long ago about the discovery of a new form of life? Back, just …Click to read more…

The Centre for Unintelligent Design

The Centre for Unintelligent Design
March 8, 2013
biology

When faced with wacky ideas or beliefs that are quite frankly silly, it may at times become very emotionally frustrating …Click to read more…

Birth of a Planet

Birth of a Planet
March 5, 2013
astronomy

Observations that have been made of a nearby star at infrared wavelengths have apparently detected the ongoing birth of a planet. …Click to read more…

Independent Mars mission planned for 2018

Independent Mars mission planned for 2018
February 26, 2013
science

The Inspiration Mars Foundation,  an organization led by Dennis Tito, the first space tourist (pictured), will apparently announce next Wednesday Feb. 27 …Click to read more…