An article has just been published at New Scientist claiming that if repeated attempts at lawsuits against the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) were to continue, then a judge may well have to decide on…

Here’s why you don’t kill the spider… why should you?The typical, first answer is that it bites.Or that it’s creepy.Or that it will crawl into your mouth at night… um… well – first things first.…

The Linguistics of Computer Science As somebody with more than a passing knowledge of computer science and linguistics, I thought I would share a few insights into the deeper meanings of some common…

NHS Should Cease Funding Homeopathic Medicine - Cross-Party Group On 2nd Feb 2010 I asked Is Homeopathy Good For The British Economy? In a reductio ad absurdum I concluded that if homeopathy works,…

  QUESTIONS SCIENCECAN NEVER ANSWER   Ayad Gharbawi   February 20,2010 – Damascus, Syria     Thereare far too many aspects of ‘Reality’ that atheistic scientists/…

People want to see awesome stuff. That's the main idea behind this blog, and the interpretation of a recent report on people's decisions to share New York Times articles with friends (via Rycharde…

Whether you are new to blogs or a practised poster, Eureka’s Top 30 Science Blogs will not disappoint. After much heated debate, the Eureka team have picked 30 of their favourite science, environment…

(Note: Please excuse my lack of a symbolic logic font. LaTeX doesn’t suit my preferences.)(If you haven’t read the first three parts of this series, you’re just asking for a spanking. Go here.)…

    In the first two parts of the H.D.T. essays, we discussed the constituents of paradigm as explained in the Philosophy Generator and the ability to use the chart as a path to Anti-…

(If you haven’t read part one, please click here.)        Firstly, having caught a glimpse of the power and prowess of the practise of philosophy, I'm sure one can…

    We begin by examining the contents of your mind. Our goal in this four part discussion will be to separate the ideas we have concocted for ourselves from the ones that are…

Day one if you missed it.  Science is sometimes about  taking a hunch and amassing data to confirm the hypothesis.  I am still amassing data but I am reasonably sure the way to know…

Good to see that even if journalists can't be bothered to investigate the links between tobacco companies and so-called scientific research, then at least some scientists are doing so. This study,…

Context Is Vital The meaning of a string of words can seem to be entirely opposite in intent if it is placed in the wrong context.  The device of spreading false ideas by quoting people out of…

The British government has just published a whole batch of reports on science communication. The Science&Media Report was published on 20th January 2010, including a variety of supporting…

It has become a pleasant habit for me to visit Bassano del Grappa every February for a conference on particle physics aimed at high-school students. Thanks to the efforts and the skill of dr. Sergio…

In many parts of the country there is a recession but some segments are immune to the ups and downs of economic cycles.  Three are obvious; your lawyer, your accountant and hotels in towns where…

Physicist and sci-fi author David Brin on healthy versus pathological skepticism w.r.t. climate science: What factors would distinguish a rational, pro-science "skeptic" - who has honest questions…

Millions Fed : A Recommended Read Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development is a recently published free pdf book which details case studies in sustainable food production methods.…

'If you begin by treating the scientific ideas of earlier centuries as myths, you will end by treating your own scientific ideas as dogmas': we have tried, throughout this book, to display the…