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Can We Upload Our Minds?

Can We Upload Our Minds?

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

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Deep Diving into the Science of Beer

Deep Diving into the Science of Beer

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.

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What Science Says About Recurring Dreams

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

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The Censorship of Joe Rogan Is a Sign of Our Times

The Censorship of Joe Rogan Is a Sign of Our Times

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

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The Shape of Earth to Come

The Shape of Earth to Come

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

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Masks Are Useless — That’s It

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

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The Disgraceful NZ Royal Society
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The Disgraceful NZ Royal Society

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

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Change Is the Only Constant in Earth’s History

Change Is the Only Constant in Earth’s History

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

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Let’s Get Fizzy with Kombucha

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

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The Truth about Ruminant Methane

The Truth about Ruminant Methane

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

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Young People Are Too Stupid to Vote

Are young people too stupid to be allowed to vote? Science says yes! Of course, that’s not what the scientists will actually say , but it’s a question begged by the findings of psychiatrists and neuroscientists. Naturally, it being verboten to say anything that might upset the ruling Cult

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Science Must Involve Debate, Not Dogma

Science Must Involve Debate, Not Dogma

Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food testing and certification company. Information Opinion Time to bring government and media to account In what might be an alarming augury for the NZ government, I have noticed during the last

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