Ballet is when Neurons Grow Big

Ballet is when Neurons Grow Big

A few days ago Semperoper Ballett had its second special performance as part in the project "On the move". They play with new and adapted choreography at various places in the city of Dresden that…
Weak Supporting Evidence Hurts Credibility

Weak Supporting Evidence Hurts Credibility

Some researchers have wondered why a few credibility issues in particular studies (see Marc Hauser in psychology and parts of the IPCC report in 2007 and anything at all related to cold fusion in…
Are You a Science Blogger?

Are You a Science Blogger?

Blogging has been around since the late 1990s and email (effectively) for a decade prior to that - both are now on the wane, according to recent claims (email by social media and blogging by...social…
China's Crackdown On International Journalists

China's Crackdown On International Journalists

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when some parts of America applauded heavy-handed government actions like banning cars (except for important people) to curb pollution, Chinese communist officials…
China's Crackdown On International Journalists

China's Crackdown On International Journalists

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when some parts of America applauded heavy-handed government actions like banning cars (except for important people) to curb pollution, Chinese communist officials…
Spring and the Atom Tree

Spring and the Atom Tree

Walking through the main campus of Reading University, where they have been planting a lot of saplings recently, I came across this: With the sun getting stronger, and the leaves not yet out, one…
To Be, Or Not To Be, Danish: Was Hamlet Irish?

To Be, Or Not To Be, Danish: Was Hamlet Irish?

Hamlet, the lead character in one Shakespeare's best plays, was a Danish prince - but he may actually have been Irish, according to a piece in the Review of English Studies.   Though this be…
To Be, Or Not To Be, Danish: Was Hamlet Irish?

To Be, Or Not To Be, Danish: Was Hamlet Irish?

Hamlet, the lead character in one Shakespeare's best plays, was a Danish prince - but he may actually have been Irish, according to a piece in the Review of English Studies.   Though this be…
How Humans Can Affect Nature

How Humans Can Affect Nature

Some people accept that the world's climate systems are changing, but try to argue that humans are too puny to be any part of the cause. The reason for putting forward such an argument in the face of…
In Romance, Too Many Choices May Hurt

In Romance, Too Many Choices May Hurt

In New York City, you can easily date a different person within a mile of your home for the rest of your life and never come close to duplicating - and that may be why people in New York City have…
Why Have All The Ghosts Invaded Britain?

Why Have All The Ghosts Invaded Britain?

One time on a dreary (particularly dreary- 300 of them a year are rather so) Seattle afternoon I was approached by a hobo(1) so I gave him some money and asked him, since he clearly had no place…