Misha from The Conversation talks about “False Equivalence”
It’s sad but true that there’s a worldwide backlash against science, facts and evidence. Misha Ketchell from The Conversation was…
Category: science
sciencey stuff like ecology and inventions ..
i hope progressive Australia remembers it was Turnbull who unleashed the hate speech
One day soon this “debate” will be over. Hopefully a healthy kind of justice will prevail. I did that dumb…
The swales of Sam Downing
Anyone who’s interested in water and the Australian landscape will be fascinated by
The man with no language. (via Radiolab, WYNC)
This is extraordinary. Listen to the story about a woman who taught a 27 year old Nicaraguan man how to…
can i have a pet quoll?
Listening to an episode of background briefing, where they’re talking about how the Eastern quoll was wiped out in the…
Massive improbability of life
Apparently life on Earth is very unlikely. i’m re-reading chunks of Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything”. In…
macbook at the tip
One day i went to drop off some of my ex-boxes, and discovered the Reservoir Tip computer recycling facility. Masses…
Albert on war: sticks & stones
Nice one Albert. i get an Einstein quote every day in my iGoogle feeds. This one made me jump. i…
from desert to oasis
Time for some good news. i’ve just been reading Pitchfork Design .. where Sam talks of a new project up…
gazillions of gigalitres
Just before new year, i was listening to the heaviest rain i’d heard in melbourne for years. Such a delicious…