The new Star Trek is better than the old Star Trek. I can say that definitively, without any reservations. Why? Well, because I don’t put much stock in my own opinion. I waver like a leaf in the breeze, a…
Spoilers for The Prestige follow. Be warned. Christopher Nolan has become something of a divisive figure among the nerd community. Lauded by some as a master of complex storytelling and real emotion in cinema and denigrated by others as a man…
UK skeptic Crispian Jago is lauded by many for his brilliantly skeptical charts and diagrams, but have you seen them? If not, you’re in luck: he’s just recently released two corkers (that’s the correct British term, right?) about conspiracy theories…
The following post contains plot information (spoilers, I guess?) about the recent Doctor Who episode “The Bells of Saint John”. If you haven’t seen it — and would like to see it someday — then be forewarned. I have Feelings™ about Doctor Who. Overwhelming,…
For a skeptical group blog, the Young Australian Skeptics has kept reasonably distant from certain, uh, happenings in the skeptical and atheist communities of late. It’s probably going to stay that way (at least for the time being), for a number…
From the minds over at SMBC Theatre, comes this nifty little animation about the real war on conservative religious values. I’m just glad we don’t have any of that kerfuffle down here in Australia. Oh. Wait. If you liked this video,…
My previous post covered the sitcom The Big Bang Theory and its representation of scientists to mainstream audiences. This post will cover a slightly different TV show, although it’s fair to say it’s just as purposefully funny — the one, the only,…
In the first post in this series, I investigated the way indie singer-songwriter Andrew Bird fused science into a good proportion of the songs in his discography. The Icelandic musical artist omnipresently known as Björk, the focus of this post (as if…
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