So, now Laurel Hubbard has the perfect excuse for bombing out so embarrassingly at the Olympics: she was just on the rag. Laurel is a woman, after all — a really-real, totally, 100% woman and don’t you dare be so bigoted as to suggest otherwise. It’s science! Trans women
It’s the old cliche: my whole life flashed before my eyes. Faced with imminent death, countless fictional heroes have experienced an instant rewind of their lives. Even if some, like Zaphod Beeblebrox of the Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy stories, are a little unsure: “At least I assume
It’s often posited as a supposed knock-down argument against the idea of human evolution: “If we evolved from apes why are there still apes?” But it’s a question that fundamentally misunderstands evolution. At the same time, it’s not as foolish as sneering “IFLScience” types make out. In
Get out of here with your conspiracy theories about mRNA vaccines from Pfizer being able to access your DNA. What utter nonsense. Listen to “The Science”™. The mRNA does not enter the nucleus of the cells where DNA resides. Instead, it completely breaks down once the instructions have been delivered
It’s fascinating to comb through the detritus of the history of science and pondering ideas which once ruled supreme but are now forgotten. The Luminiferous Aether, Phlogiston, or the Martian Canals. Each of these ideas enjoyed a more or less lengthy time as the ruling scientific explanation. Sometimes decades,
As my middle expands and my knees and back ache in ever-new and interesting ways, I often joke about looking forward to the future where I can transfer my brain to a robot body. Just like Robot Nixon! Take that, hippies! The idea of transferring minds to deathless machines is
Michelle Wheeler particle.scitech.org.au Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle.
Claudia Picard-Deland Tore Nielsen Université de Montréal Claudia Picard-Deland is a Doctoral student in neuroscience; popularizer of science on sleep, dreams and memory. Tore Nielsen is a Dream researcher Having the same dream again and again is a well-known phenomenon — nearly two-thirds of the population report having recurring dreams. Being
Science denier! It’s perhaps the left’s most go-to phrase after racist! In the case of Joe Rogan, the left got in a two-fer. But the one is as false and stupid as the other. And just as destructive. The left might call themselves “progressive”, but the grim truth
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food testing and certification company (now known as FoodChain ID) Information Opinion Unless rampant genetic experimentation is regulated, the whole population of the world will continue on a risky journey towards an unknown
As I recently wrote, the only constant in the Earth’s history has been change. Not just the evolution of living creatures, or the never-ending ups and downs of climate change, but the very face of the planet itself. It’s strange to think that, little more than a century
Is there any grimmer sight than some clown sitting in their own car, all alone, wearing a mask? Well, yes: a parent dragging their children through the streets, their little faces all obediently muzzled. I have even, I kid you not, seen a person wearing a mask while tramping in
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Now approaching 90 respected scientist and political cartoonist Dr Bob Brockie is no right wing fanatic. Rather he has a life-long history of being a paid-up member of the capital’s trendy-lefty set. But regardless of his political leanings his great passion is science. With
Like most boys, I was fascinated by dinosaurs. More than fascinated: I was not unlike Jurassic Park’s enfant terrible Tim Murphy. I was obsessed. From How, Why and Wonder books on dinosaurs, I progressed to heavier tomes as I got older. I spent my first holidays of high school
Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie particle.scitech.org.au In an age when disruption is the new normal, curiosity is the becomes the key 21st century skill. This is why Dr. Kate is an advocate for curiosity, through her work as a designer, speaker, writer and researcher. She’s written for variety
Robin Grieve Chairman FARM Farmers are being consulted on options proposed by He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) – a government-appointed body seeking to devise alternative options to the ETS. FARM (Facts About Ruminant Methane ) proposes media commentators take into account various terms, facts about methane and context when covering the HWEN
