Science on Top Episode 6


Amazingly, after my previous appearance, Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday and Shayne Joseph from the Science on Top podcast invited me back to further confuse myself and the listeners! This time around we discussed language, specifically phoneme diversity modelling, providing support for the 'Out of Africa' theory of human origin; Pluto's changing atmosphere and why learning … Continue reading Science on Top Episode 6

TAM Australia – Impressions from Day 1


Okay, so this is a quick post on my impressions from day 1 of 'The Amazing Meeting' Australia. I had the absolute pleasure of having lunch with Pamela Gay (@Starstryder), co-host of the 'AstronomyCast' podcast, and general all-round awesome person today. Pamela is directly responsible for my introduction to the 'skeptical community', as through her … Continue reading TAM Australia – Impressions from Day 1

UFO Sighting over Australia confirmed! …Oh, hang on – maybe not…


This is another cross-post from Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Blog - Oh, those Falcon UFOs! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine. Yesterday there was a frenzy of 'UFO streams across Eastern Australia' news stories, blog posts and Tweets, but thankfully common sense generally prevailed and links were quickly drawn to the launch of private space … Continue reading UFO Sighting over Australia confirmed! …Oh, hang on – maybe not…