Science
Earmuffs That Tell You When You’re Drunk
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.
Are They Really Gene Therapies?
Marc Grey Many of the covid vaccines are made using completely new medical tech involving the use of genetic material instead of proteins from the appropriate virus. This has led to them being described as ‘gene therapies not vaccines’ in some circles. In this article, we discuss these new medical
When Dinosaurs Roamed the Arctic
Science is never “settled”. No matter how certain something might seem, its certainty is merely provisional. Whether it’s that everything in physics has already been discovered (as Lord Kelvin is apocryphally, but falsely, said to have proclaimed) or that a meteor impact wiped out the dinosaurs. However likely the
The Great Red Spot Isn’t Going Away Soon
Like the rings of Saturn, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most famous sights in the solar system. How long the Spot has existed is unknown, but observations from as early as the 17th century indicate that it may be at least nearly 400 years old. But
In the Beginning There Were Weapons
Marc Grey In previous articles, we have covered nuclear reactor designs, accidents and the mechanics of nuclear reaction physics. However, the way the nuclear industry got started was in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, not to provide nuclear power! In this article, we look at how the first nuclear weapons
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book “Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect”. The following are extracts are from pages 10-14, and page 15. The following was published on
Mars: Still Very Far Away
Almost from the moment Neil Armstrong said, “That was one small step…”, people were asking, “So, when are we going to Mars?” Yet in the intervening half-century, we’ve gone more backwards from that goal than forwards. Sure, we’ve landed dozens of ever-more sophisticated robots and learned vastly more
Reef ‘Science’ Ignores the Facts of History
The past is a great antidote to the panics of the present. Not just the fact that “the good old days” rarely were, but the lessons of a deeper time. Especially when it comes to the more lunatic pronouncements of the environmental lobby and climate alarmists. According to a completely
A Professorial Blunder
Information Satire Recently, I, your intrepid eye-witness, having inspected my fridge and larder, and ascertaining beyond all doubt that both resembled Mother Hubbard’s cupboard in every detail, ventured forth to my local Slashdown Supermarket with a view to rectifying this deplorable state of affairs. This was not accomplished as
4 Ways Americans Are Fighting Back against Anti-science COVID Restrictions
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. In the US, it would be easy to believe the vast majority of people are in lockstep with the government’s pandemic policies. Networks are aflush with headlines claiming their polls
What Prof Hendy Gets Wrong
Dr Martin Lally Director, Capital Financial Consultants Ltd covidplanb.co.nz Professor Shaun Hendy is another prominent adviser to the New Zealand government on covid-19 issues. Like Professor Baker, he combines frequent commentary via popular media in support of lockdowns with papers written (with numerous co-authors) in the academic style.
Dissection of Prof Hendy Model Presented at Ardern Conference 23/9/21
covidplanb.co.nz We do not hold this type of modelling in high regard. First of all, it is myopically focused on reducing harm from Covid-19. It is hard to understand the utility of presenting such results without context. There is no mention that the average age of death of
Vaccination Rates – Some Thoughts on Modelling
covidplanb.co.nz There’s been some hysterical modellers claiming that even with high rates of Pfizer vaccination, there will still be a large number of deaths. Ironically, their models have opened the way in New Zealand to questioning the value of Covid vaccines. We don’t need notoriously unreliable
Genetic Sequencing of Kakapos Brings Good News
If we’re to believe the Greens and Te Paati Maori, the Maori were and are environmental saints, living in perfect harmony with their environment. It’s only since the wicked Pakeha showed up that all the environmental destruction and species extinction started. Which is even more ludicrous than fanciful