Science & Society

Air Asia 8501- Some Factual Information

Air Asia 8501- Some Factual Information "Based on the available data regarding the location of the lost aircraft, weather is a factor in the triggering of the incident. The most likely weather phenomenon is cooling air which can cause engine damage d ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 6 2015 - 2:43pm

Tolkien’s Dark Side Of The Machine

To Tolkien, the machine represents a means to attain power over others. His orcs-- deformed and ugly creatures, whose hands are sometimes replaced with weapons-- embody this lust for power. LOTR Wikia By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University-Purdue Univer ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 6 2015 - 7:30pm

Are You Far Left Or Right? You Are Probably Highly Educated Too

The mythology among the people who really care about what is happening on the left or the right is that the people opposite them are uneducated and being exploited by elites. The opposite is true: Polarized people tend to be highly educated. Sorry, Republi ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2015 - 3:43pm

Cartoonists Defiant In Response To Terrorist Attack On Charlie Hebdo

David Pope's cartoon posted on Twitter. David Pope By Robert Phiddian, Flinders University Cartoonists and satirists in “the West” are confronted with the risks of their expressive freedom today as a consequence of the assassinations at Charlie Hebdo ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 8 2015 - 12:14pm

Society Makes It Worse For People Who Self-Harm

Social attitudes are reinforcing the negative beliefs towards people who self harm, according to an analysis of the life stories of people who self-harm and who were also diagnosed with a personality disorder revealed that several spoke of being refused pa ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2015 - 9:01am

Air Asia 8501- Tail Section Raised

Air Asia 8501- Tail Section Raised ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 10 2015 - 12:01pm

After Years Of Abusing The Limits Of Free Speech, Abu Hamza Gets Life In Prison

Abu Hamza addressing worshippers in London under police observation. Stefan Rousseau/PA By Matthew Francis, Lancaster University Abu Hamza has been sentenced to life in a US prison, after being found guilty of 11 charges of terrorism and kidnapping. The r ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 10 2015 - 4:00pm

We Are All Charlie Hebdo- Except We Are Not

Solidarity with France and Charlie Hebdo in Taipei Pichi Chuang/Reuters By Lucas Hollister, Dartmouth College In his 1998 novel, The Elementary Particles, Michel Houellebecq argued that Charlie Hebdo played a pivotal role in the redefinition of social val ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 11 2015 - 12:46pm

AirAsia QZ8501 No Explosion

AirAsia QZ8501- No Explosion Air Asia flight 8501 did not explode: it burst open on impact with the water. Many English language news outlets are reporting that the plane "exploded".  It appears that there has been a gross failure in translation ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 12 2015 - 2:13pm

Genius – White, Middle Class, Heterosexual Men Overrepresented?

Why do discussions of creative genius so often happen about white male writers such as Jonathan Franzen? AAP Image/Harper Collins By Natalie Kon-yu, Victoria University ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 12 2015 - 6:16pm