It’s been a stock trope of post-apocalyptic fiction since at least the late 1950s, when Walter M Miller published his classic A Canticle for Liebowitz. In Miller’s book, even a thousand years after a nuclear war, mutants like the two-headed Mrs Grales persist, like a nuclear Mark of
Shannon Schmoll Michigan State University Shannon Schmoll has a PhD in astronomy and science education. Her dissertation was titled “Toward a Framework for Integrating Planetarium and Classroom Learning” and was aimed at better understanding how planetarium field trips can effectively fit into formal astronomy curriculum. The first lunar eclipse of
Australia has long had a fascination with “Big” tourist attractions: the Big Pineapple, the Big Banana, the Big Merino (possibly popular with Kiwi tourists), the Big Gumboot (and Big Ugg Boots), even a Big Bogan. Australia also has a, not just big, but colossal, naked warrior holding a stick. “Marree
Francis Phillips mercatornet.com A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin By Gerard Verschuuren, Sophia Institute Press, 2021, 240 pages People who read the title of this book will probably divide into two camps: those who already believe the piece of cloth known as the Holy Shroud and preserved
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Secretary of the “Reason Party”, Emma Sinclair, has presented a poor-performing video claiming to debunk George Christensen’s Children Born Alive Protection Bill. For context, the “Reason Party” was formerly called the “Australian Sex Party”, and was established in 2009 by Fiona Patten, the then CEO
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Can you really be transgender at four years old? Matthew Stubbings, and wife Klara Jeynes, both 44, from the English city of Doncaster, believe so. Their “son” Stormy was born as a girl named Emerald. However, from 18 months
BFD readers should be familiar with the saga of Professor Peter Ridd. Ridd, you may recall, was sacked by Queensland’s James Cook University after he spoke out about the poor quality of research used to justify claims that the Great Barrier Reef is being “killed by climate change”. Ridd’
David Albert Jones mercatornet.com Professor David Albert Jones is Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Oxford; he was appointed in 2010. He is also a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University and Professor of Bioethics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. A US-Chinese team of scientists have produced
We at The BFD have been reporting it for over a year, now – and finally, the mainstream media are beginning, ever so slowly, to catch on. What I’m talking about is the now-undeniable evidence that lockdowns do not work. New Zealand’s ‘COVID Queen’ might like to boast that
Richard Treadgold climateconversation.org.nz Richard has studied climate change for over 17 years and operated the Climate Conversation Group* since 2004. He remains what he calls ‘a staunch climate amateur’ with much to learn. This article makes a rare foray away from climate change due to important local moves
Tim Moss Monash University Tim has a PhD in Medicine and worked for 20 years as a biomedical research scientist and academic, focused on improving the lives of preterm babies. Along the way he developed an interest in science communication, which became his focus when he joined Healthy Male in
Like the great Richard Feynman, Steven Koonin is thoroughly, no-bullshit New York. Which makes it doubly odd that he was Barack Obama’s chief scientist. But if Koonin went along with his boss’s bullshit while Obama was in the White House, he’s certainly not holding back now. Koonin
Geoff Derrick PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com The following is a Guest Post from an Australian retired Consulting Geologist Geoff Derrick. The first two images are related to Australia and in the first, Angus Taylor is the Australian Federal Government Minister For Energy And Emissions Reduction. The second image
They go in for some weird shit in the name of defence, those Russians. Whether it’s confounding the Luftwaffe by using WWI biplanes so slow that the fearsome Messerschmidt Me-109s couldn’t slow down to engage them without stalling, or simply retreating over an iced-over lake and watching and
Etymology is a fascinating subject. The threads connecting words are often fascinating and startling. Who would have thought, for instance, that chauvinism, meaning fanatical patriotism or prejudiced belief in the superiority of one’s own kind, is a twin (etymologically speaking) of Calvinism? But, rather than casting aspersions on Swiss
