We’ve just got back from a holiday over in Australia – hence the lack of blogging after the last burst. (If I’d done anything work-related I suspect I’d have experienced a rapid divorce!) Of course, before we left our friends were all saying "we hope you spot some koalas." We hoped so too, but after […]
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sigh – another on-line hoax
I joined up to Facebook a few months ago – it was a good way to keep in touch with friends, plus it’s made ‘talking’ with various NZIBO colleagues easier in the sense that we can have group chats. But it’s also been a bit of an eye-opener in that it’s turned out to be […]
Continue readingare we ready for disaster?
That’s the attention-grabbing title for a post on Number 8 Network. The answer: maybe, and maybe not. That was the experience of Peter & Vicki Hyde, who live in the Christchurch suburb of Redcliffs & were interviewed by the N8N team. They’ve got some valuable lessons to share, which will well reward time spent reading […]
Continue readinga weekend funny…
… & I promise to write something more substantial in the next day or so, I just need to get the marking & committee work behind me! In the meantime – & using the word ‘theory’ rather loosely! – I offer you this: With many thanks to Dan Piraro at www.bizarrocomics.com
Continue readingfrom the sublime (pz myers)…
This is not exactly biology, but nonetheless – over on Pharyngula, PZ Myers has written an eloquent and moving post on why applying shades of grey to ‘black-&-white’ issues may be doing us all a disservice: But sometimes the issues are black and white. Sometimes the answers are clear and absolute. And in those cases, […]
Continue readinginspired by science – the next stage
Last year the NZ Council for Education Research published Inspired by Science (Bull et al. 2010) – a discussion paper intended to promote debate about the future of science education in this country. I found it an interesting paper, although I also thought that it didn’t really address some issues (funding, for example, or the fact that […]
Continue readingcreationist ‘report’ writing: marked down again
Yesterday I received an e-mail from someone using the pseudonym ‘WinteryKnight, who said: I was just wondering if you have any recent research publications on experimental biology? I am thinking about writing a blog post comparing you to Michael Behe, and I want to be as fair as possible when I compare your research publications […]
Continue readingwhere lamarckian evolution might take our little furry fiends…
… and it ain’t pretty 🙂 (I thought another chuckle might be good for us all)
Continue readingpredicting earthquakes: hedging your bets
Fellow SciBloggers Peter Griffin & David Winter have recently written posts on Ken Ring’s (in)ability to predict earthquakes (here and here respectively). This is something I’ve also touched on earlier & I thought I would follow up on it now – the specific issue I want to address is that of hedging one’s bets.
Continue readingmy blackberry’s not working…
Well, not mine… I thought everyone might enjoy a good chuckle – I’ve had a few IT issues recently and one of our Faculty computer folks thought that the following might take my mind of it. Which it did 🙂
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