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Not a Swindle - 2 Jun 2008
2008-06-06 00:00:00 I?m sure I?m not alone in feeling slightly confused by the contradictory newspaper headlines about global warming. These massive headlines overshadow other important green issues and... More About: Swindle , 2008
Bosnian Ear Aches - 31 Jan 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Being hospitalised when overseas is always difficult. But being hospitalised in a building fresh with bullet and shell holes from a war only a few years ago, where the signs are in Cyrillic, and...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: 2008
Slipping standards in UK science education - 7 Dec 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 The last week has been a busy one in the world of science education with the release of results from the 2006 PISA science survey. The UK has slipped 10 places which is a complete...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Science , Education , Standards
Energy efficient scare stories - 13 Jan 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 How many people here use energy efficient light bulbs? You know those oddly shaped things that take a little longer to warm up than your standard bulb but last for years. Well did you know they can...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Stories , Energy , 2008 , Efficient
OH NOES!!! DRUGS IN OUR TAP WATER!!!!11 *sigh* - 10 Mar 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Evening all, first of all read this from Associated Press, one of the two major agencies who supply all our national papers with their material (the other one being Reuters). Scared that you're...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Drugs , Water , Sigh , 2008
An economist for the future - 14 Mar 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 The great American mechanical engineer Frederick W. Taylor once said ?It?s easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.? I must confess I?ve often...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Economist , Future , The Future , 2008
The Recycling Challenge - Week 1 - 18 Mar 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 I was recently quite upset to read about a Plastic Soup twice the size of the US floating in the Pacific Ocean. This vast expanse of debris is held in place by swirling underwater currents and...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Recycling , Week , Challenge , 2008
An Hour for Planet Earth - 30 Mar 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 At 8 pm yesterday, my family and I joined the world for an hour as we turned off the lights as part of Earth Hour , an initiative launched last year by World Wildlife Fund Australia in Sydney. ...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Planet , Planet Earth , 2008
Finding Moon Water - 31 Mar 2008
2008-05-30 00:00:00 NASA has just released information about its exciting new project to find water on the moon. The moon is a dry, inhospitable place. During the lunar day its boiling hot surface temperatures...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Moon , Water , 2008
Lecherous Robots - An Israeli scientist has taught a computer to recognise
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even if the beholder is a robot. Amit Kagian from Tel Aviv University has taught a computer to recognise attractive women using a combination of...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Robots , Scientist , Computer , Israeli
The secret to eternal youth? - 24 Nov 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Shall I ask Father Christmas for anti-wrinkle cream this year? Unconvinced by the faux science in the TV adverts for anti-wrinkle cream I turned to google in my hour of need. I was quickly...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Youth , The Secret , Secret , Eternal
Misconceptions in Science Education - 18 Nov 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 The 1st of August marked the start of the Professional Association of Teachers conference. Now for a let us forget the motion passed on closing down You Tube; which according to the PAT...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Science , Education , Misconceptions
Book Review - The God Delusion - 24 Jul 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Having time on my hands has given me the opportunity to do something that in the past I have had little time to do, and that's read. The most recent book that I have finished is the much...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Book Review , Review , Book
A very cold war - 7 Aug 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Russia has claimed one of the most inaccessible areas on Earth with a feat of magnificent science and engineering that tests international law, explores hitherto unexplored geography and...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Cold War , Cold
A Terrible Tragedy - 13 Aug 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 One of the great tragedies in modern memory is the extinction of the Yangtze Dolphin. Indeed, it is something about which mankind should be ashamed. The Yangtze Dolphin is the first large...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Tragedy
Sex before Sport? - 23 Aug 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 The All Blacks get cranky when there is no sex It is the virile sports-person's eternal question - should one abstain from a little bit of nookie before a big sporting event? The question...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Sport
The York Science Festival and Biometrics - 2 Oct 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Sorry all for being a bit quiet on the blog recently. Moving to the UK, finding houses, work, working too hard - these things slow you down! I have recently become an editor of Plus Magazine...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Science , York , Festival , Biometrics
Does dark matter exist? - 22 Oct 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Does dark matter exist? Well yes, but MOND is a humdinger of an alternative theory. I?m not going to mislead you ? many scientists wouldn?t give it the time of day, but it certainly is not...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Dark , Matter , Exist
Smoke Signals from the Past - 2 Nov 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Imagine a world of wildly escalating temperatures, apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea level rise. This might sound like a prediction for the future or the storyline...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Smoke , Past
The science of lap dancing - 7 Nov 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Scientists at the University of new Mexico have found that lap dancers earn more during estrous - the time when female mammals are at their most fertile. Researchers often claim...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Science , Dancing
The Great Global Warming Swindle - 20 Jul 2007
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Last night I attended the Australian screening of a rather strange ?documentary? called The Great Global Warming Swindle . This film contains a bizarre mixture of half-truths, misinformation...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Lecherous Robots - An Israeli scientist has taught a computer to recognise
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even if the beholder is a robot. Amit Kagian from Tel Aviv University has taught a computer to recognise attractive women using a combination of...-- Delivered by Feed43 service More About: Robots , Scientist , Computer , Israeli
An economist for the future - 14 Mar 2008
2008-04-09 00:00:00 The great American mechanical engineer Frederick W. Taylor once said ?It?s easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.? I must confess I?ve often... More About: Economist , Future , The Future , 2008
Finding Moon Water - 31 Mar 2008
2008-04-09 00:00:00 NASA has just released information about its exciting new project to find water on the moon. The moon is a dry, inhospitable place. During the lunar day its boiling hot surface temperatures... More About: Moon , Water , 2008
An Hour for Planet Earth - 30 Mar 2008
2008-04-09 00:00:00 At 8 pm yesterday, my family and I joined the world for an hour as we turned off the lights as part of Earth Hour , an initiative launched last year by World Wildlife Fund Australia in Sydney. ... More About: Planet , Planet Earth , 2008
The Recycling Challenge - Week 1 - 18 Mar 2008
2008-04-01 00:00:00 I was recently quite upset to read about a Plastic Soup twice the size of the US floating in the Pacific Ocean. This vast expanse of debris is held in place by swirling underwater currents and... More About: Recycling , Week , Challenge , 2008
OH NOES!!! DRUGS IN OUR TAP WATER!!!!11 *sigh* - 10 Mar 2008
2008-03-18 00:00:00 Evening all, first of all read this from Associated Press, one of the two major agencies who supply all our national papers with their material (the other one being Reuters). Scared that you're... More About: Drugs , Water , Sigh , 2008
Bosnian Ear Aches - 31 Jan 2008
2008-02-16 00:00:00 Being hospitalised when overseas is always difficult. But being hospitalised in a building fresh with bullet and shell holes from a war only a few years ago, where the signs are in Cyrillic, and... More About: 2008
Energy efficient scare stories - 13 Jan 2008
2008-01-17 00:00:00 How many people here use energy efficient light bulbs? You know those oddly shaped things that take a little longer to warm up than your standard bulb but last for years. Well did you know they can... More About: Stories , Energy , 2008 , Efficient
Slipping standards in UK science education - 7 Dec 2007
More articles from this author:2007-12-16 00:00:00 The last week has been a busy one in the world of science education with the release of results from the 2006 PISA science survey. The UK has slipped 10 places which is a complete... More About: Science , Education , Standards 1, 2, 3 |
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