Solstice at Stonehenge – picture from here. So, who does the whole Xmas in July thing, eh?
Science
A Transhumanist Future?
The whole 666 Number/Mark of the Beast thing and the fact that I’m reading Peter F. Hamilton at the moment has got me thinking about biochips and the future of other technological augmentations of the human body, and how those… Read More ›
Number of the Beast = AntiChrist (but does it really?)
There is so much ink and electrons spent on the question: who is the AntiChrist revealed by the Number of the Beast? Type “antichrist” or “666” into a search engine and watch the sponsored links to any number of sites… Read More ›
Fetal Brain Development: Myths and Disinformation
In her discussion on the NYT article I blogged earlier, Jill of Feministe says: An interesting thing about growing up and living in the United States for your entire life, as I have, is that you really do believe all… Read More ›
Pseudoscience of the day
I loathe cynical advertising playing on the generally poor science education of the wider populace. We are not taught enough about how our own bodies work to spot the snakeoil salesmen. Case in point: a company advertising a daily multi-vitamin/mineral… Read More ›
You keep using that word – I do not think it means what you think it means
Pick either word: theory or evolution – creationists don’t have a clue what they mean. A theory in science is not a guess or speculation, despite how the word has been bastardised in sloppy general usage – a theory in… Read More ›
Skepticism and Autism
The 31st Skeptics’ Circle is up at Terra Sigillata. Biotech, alternative medicine, climatology, religion and more. My favourite post is by Dick about his personal experiences with The Fleecing of the Autism Community. “These frauds sell crap, preying on the… Read More ›
Go go Gadget Mars
Some guys have essentially invented a tricorder that’s going to Mars in 2009. I heard an interview with a team leader, Robert Downs of the University of Arizona, on tonight’s Science Show. Based on the Raman spectrometer, which gained for… Read More ›
Sunday, Darwin Sunday
Happy Darwin Day! Today is Darwin’s birthday, and many American churches are having an Evolution Sunday to sermonise about the harmony that can exist between faith and science. I recommend hieing thee to Pharyngula, where PZ will undoubtedly mark the… Read More ›
Red Pill or Blue Pill?
Missing the good old days of adolescent existential angst? “Researchers at UCLA found that cells in the human anterior cingulate, which normally fire when you poke the patient with a needle (“pain neurons”), will also fire when the patient watches… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 