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Spinning light mystery solved already!
Posted on December 10, 2009 | 4 CommentsBoo! That was all to quick for my liking. I was hoping there would be at least a few days of theorising. Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy guessed that... -
Awaiting pseudo-science explanations of crazy sky lights over Norway…
Posted on December 10, 2009 | 8 CommentsThere were the weirdest looking skylights over norway last night. The above picture doesn’t quite capture the weirdness. You’ll have to check out the videos (below) to see that the... -
Anti-scientific “scepticism”? Climate change, smoking, and astrology
Posted on December 2, 2009 | 8 CommentsThe refusal to accept scientific facts or to act on well-established scientific beliefs ought not be called scepticism. Science is the embodiment of sceptical thinking and rejecting it is a... -
Bogus Science Reporting: Herald-Sun tells you to take your condom off… for her happiness
Posted on November 30, 2009 | 5 CommentsThe Herald Sun, not exactly known for its high-quality science reporting, has come out with a cracker today about sex and its health benefits. It’s a wonderful mixture of very... -
What i liked this week: Media, tech and science news
Posted on November 19, 2009 | 3 CommentsThis week’s roundup of top media, tech and science news, facts, comments and rants. • ABC to relaunch opinion site Unleashed | Mumbrella: A story about the new ABC online... -
News Ltd. causes brain damage
Posted on September 17, 2009 | 4 CommentsJanet Albrechtson published a piece on her News Ltd blog yesterday rehashing old claims that video games and social networking are giving children brain damage. The claim is that children’s... -
If science is wrong, should you believe bullshit?
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 1 CommentSean Carroll over at Cosmic Variance recently posted this video. It’s a comedian making great fun of alternative medicine . I particularly like this set because it makes a joke... -
Politics behind study on penis length and female orgasms?
Posted on September 15, 2009 | 4 CommentsI recently published a piece on ABC Science Online about a study that claimed to find that women were more likely to experience “vaginal orgasms” when, among other things, they...