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Alison Campbell Interview
Time for another awesome interview, this time with someone outside of showbiz… As a resident of New Zealand I am naturally interested in the education of my country and especially how science fairs in...
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Chilling Research
Recently a study was published on the free science journal site PLoSmedicine that looked at the effect of political climate and controversy on scientific research. In particular this study investigated...
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Why should we \”Go\” anywhere when we die?
The following post is an attempt to explain my own views on death, if your existential sensibilities are easily offended stop reading now…….otherwise, read on. It seems intuitive that our body houses...
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Gardasil
(Edit: For those interested in the toxic components of the vaccine please look here.) Recently I read a letter in a New Zealand paper decrying the widespread acceptance of the new HPV vaccine...
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Matthias Rath – steal this chapter
A longer post than usual, luckily I didn’t have to write it. This post was written by Ben Goldacre of Bad Science blog fame, enjoy. This is an extract from BAD SCIENCE by Ben Goldacre Published by...
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Evolution Survey
Just a quick post to spread the word about a survey covering the public acceptance of evolution in New Zealand and the effect (if any) of religious/spiritual beliefs on the the extent to which...
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Beware the Demons!!!!!*
Catching up on blogs from over the weekend this one on the Center For Inquiry blog particularly stood out in the category of conspicuous displays of crazy. Beware of demons in your Halloween treats. I...
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Backing Up Evolution
I’ve said it before and no doubt I’ll say it again but we know science works because it makes predictions that we can then measure against the universe and determine if the models we have created to...
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Intelligence, Monogamy and Journalistic Licence
Last week news came out about a study linking intelligence with liberal attitudes and atheistic beliefs, oh and in men an increased tendency for monogamy. Today I read the NZ Herald‘s short take on...
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Intelligent Design Flaws: The Evidence for Natural Selection in Our DNA
Here in New Zealand the debate between religion and evolution is a muted affair, while news on the topic regularly makes headlines in the US, here it goes almost beneath notice. That is not to say the...
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Miracles: What Do We Mean?
Have you ever described an event as miraculous? Perhaps it was a near-miss accident, recovery from an illness or some other fortuitous moment in your life. Did you stop to consider what you meant by...
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It’s the End of the World as we Know it and I Feel Fine
By now you will have probably heard that this Saturday (21-May-2011 for future historians) is the beginning of the end, the Rapture. Don’t panic*, please conduct yourselves in an orderly manner at the...
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Thoughts About Taniwhas
This is probably a very ill considered post. I do feel compelled to write something on this subject however. Today in the NZ Herald Kepa Morgan has a piece relating why we should listen when Maori...
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God, UFOs, Life After Death: What do New Zealanders Believe?
Reading the paper today I learned that 1/3 of New Zealanders believe that we have been visited by extra terrestrials. I thought this was an interesting juxtaposition of stories given that a page or two...
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Future History: Apocalypse Then
End of the world predictions and scenarios abound, we have always been fascinated with our own demise it seems. Last year I covered the predictions of Harold Camping and the relatively small following...
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