Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The plot of the 2004 movie, The Day After Tomorrow, is that the Atlantic Ocean Circulation which carries warm water North suddenly stops and plunges the entire Northern Hemisphere into an Ice Age almost overnight… er yes, well it’s just a movie. What is actually going on with the Atlantic circulation is a concern, and … Read more
A couple of days ago I was posting about the ongoing silence of the BBC when it comes to covering these topics as News … The scandals around the Brexit referendum. The Leave campaign broke the law The interference by Russia in the Brexit vote. Nick Cohen write a blistering article in NYR that slow … Read more
There are things we simply do not understand about the sun. The surface is 5,778 K, and yet the chromosphere, transition region, and corona are much hotter. Why? There are some ideas, but nobody knows. In order to answer such questions we need to go and take a closer look and that is what the Parker Solar … Read more
There are some stories of vital national importance to the UK and yet the BBC has chosen to remain more or less silent. I’m specifically referring to … The scandals around the Brexit referendum. The Leave campaign were not simply a tad naughty, they broke the law The interference by Russia in the Brexit vote. Arron … Read more
Let’s start this week’s posting of weird religious news with a bit of good news. The ongoing decline of the popularity of belief continues. A gallop poll conducted a couple of weeks ago asked the question “Who do you have confidence in?” The top three winners that scored the top “A great deal” slot are … Read more
As we build better tools to see and observe how things really are our understanding of the universe grows. Multimessenger astronomy now has a new tool within its array of options. What is Multimessenger Astronomy? There are four different ways of detecting things within the universe. These are electromagnetic radiation, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays. The concept … Read more