BP Oil Has Vanished
Like a good little skeptic I was concerned when I read on BBC that the “majority of oil has been dealt with“. “What do you mean, dealt with!?” I thought to myself. The report went on to explain that...
View ArticleDo children of ignorant parents have a chance?
I was originally planning to post this as filler material next week while I’m away, but the story is breaking too big and getting too embarrassing to leave it in the can. My most recent story of...
View ArticleSplice Whine
I’m sure at least some of you sciency types have seen the recent movie: Splice. Its a horror show about science gone wrong, or taken too far. The movie, which I enjoyed, taps into that old Frankenstein...
View ArticleChristmas Shopping
This post warrants a few background pieces of information: I love Christmas to bits and pieces. The lights, the music (seriously, that’s the best christmas song/version ever), the family and the...
View ArticleChinese Ghost Cities
In February Brian Dunning did a post “discussing” China’s so-called “ghost cities”. The media has been calling them “ghost cities”, but that sort of implies that someone used to live in it and they are...
View ArticleSuzuki on government and science
David Suzuki laments the relationship between the government and scientists. When we’re making decisions that may call for compromise and sacrifice, when we’re asking people and nations to change their...
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