At the risk of ‘poking the bear’ I’m giving serious thought to addressing several recent science vs faith posts I’ve seen online. It’s highly doubtful I’d be able to convince…
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Why are some people so absolutely committed to conspiracy nonsense? And why do they feel a need to argue with and belittle people who work in scientific fields? What am…
Barmy Betelguese
It’s the left shoulder of Orion. It’s traditionally the 11th brightest star in the sky. It’s known to be a behemoth, weighing in around at least eight solar masses (possibly…
‘Secular’ Science
Recently David of Theology Archaeology has been publishing a few more articles to Hub Pages. I’ll give him this – he can churn out a lot of material! The one…
Science is Amazing!
That image? It’s of an object 500 million trillion miles away, and it’s 40 billion miles across. It has the mass of 6.5 billion suns and it is our first…
In Preparation for the Faith Healing Duel…
Last night and this morning I had a brief conversation with someone on Twitter concerning the relationship between religion and science. I’ll leave you, the reader, to decide if I…
Vaccinations, Autism and the ‘Link’
With my previous post I discussed the dangers of abandoning medical practices in favour of faith healing. This time, I’m taking a deeper look at the supposed link between vaccination…
The Dimming Star
Astronomy is a fascinating field and one that continues to be of great interest to me. We are always discovering new and fantastic objects and events that test and stretch…
Flat Earth Theory P3
A short while back I had an interesting discussion with one ‘Darthbards’ over on Big Footy. This discussion related to the idea that the earth is in fact, flat. Needless…