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Okay, now shut your eyes (well not really, because you need them to read) and imagine this following scenario. You’re cruising around on Facebook during your lunch break and your friend shares something from a Facebook page called “Burzynski, The…
When most people hear the word “science”, they think of chemistry, the most colourful and explodey of the sciences1. But chemistry isn’t just about cooking meth or becoming a supervillian. Chemistry isn’t about what things do, it’s about what things…
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…
Every week we ask a question of our readers, to stimulate discussion and critical thinking about an issue or topic relating to science, skepticism, technology or religion. Our favourite points are discussed on our weekly podcast, The Pseudoscientists. It’s a common…
Jack and Tom are joined by science communicator extraordinare Upulie Divisekera to discuss her successful Twitter project @realscientists, why glowing trees won’t replace streetlamps, and why a treatment for autism might be around the corner. Jargonauts looks at “epigenetics”, and we think about whether or not we’d go on a “suicide” mission to Mars, with some help from your opinions.
This is my biggest bone to pick. This is the issue that gets me going. This is the issue that makes me want to contract rabies and tear muscle from bone, juices from brain, and — despite my love for animals — chicken head…
The Australian Christian Lobby is not a particularly nice organisation. If you’re Australian and at all socially progressive or critical of religious tampering in the political system, then you’d probably be aware of the ACL as the group that tries…
Physics is how things move. That’s pretty much it. Atoms, tennis balls, cats, planets, they all follow to the same rules, although shit does tend to get a bit wacky when you get too big or small, and I’m not…
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