Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A rather common argument that often gets presented for a God claim is to simply point at the world, then claim that it quite obviously could not have just happened so obviously god is real. Here is an Islamic variation for you … if you look at the orderliness and the interdependence of all living … Read more
The BBC reports that a company called Golden Spike intends to fly to the moon by 2020, and that they will sell tickets for $1.4bn (£871m) a pair. Anybody got a bit of spare change I can borrow, the odd billion perhaps rattling about in their pocket? The BBC also says that this company “plans to use … Read more
Giacomo Sardelli, an Italian film student, has used Nasa still images to create a film that he calls a message from the ISS to all humankind. He explains here … I wanted to use pictures taken from the International Space Station to tell a story and share the message sent by the astronauts who worked on the … Read more
A devastating Ash Dieback disease that has already affected millions of trees on the continent and has led to a ban on imports coming into force is rippling into the UK. You can help. Ash dieback, is caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea, and was last week found in the UK for the first time … Read more
Geologists from the University of Sydney have discovered that a 26km land mass called Sandy Island that can be seen on charts and maps – including Google Maps – does not in fact exist. An island was thought to exist between Australia and the French territory of New Caledonia, but there is no satellite image … Read more
I have two Star related items for you today. 100,000 Stars Google has launched a new Chrome Experiment called “100,000 Stars,” which provides a stunning look at the stars that arerelatively close to Earth – you know, just a few light years away. Google explains … Visualizing the exact location of every star in the galaxy is … Read more