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Writing tagged: ‘science’

Goodness gracious! Great balls of fire?!

Scientific inaccuracies in Doctor Who.

Published 27-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: disbelief, jen, science, science fiction, tv

Talking through their Eridanus hole

The void: Imprint of another universe?

Published 10-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, science

Selective references

Politicians selectively cite Chief Scientific Adviser's valedictory speech.

Published 08-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: politics, science

Bad example, chaps

Potato did not fuel human evolution.

Published 10-Sep-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: evolution, science

Intelligent cataloguing

In which I do some book-shuffling in Waterstones.

Published 08-Sep-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: books, creationsism, intelligent design, religion, science

Sound science

This week, I finally got to carry out a little experiment I've been planning for some time.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: aircraft, ears, experiments, science, sound

Bear facts

Climate change sceptics criticise polar bear science.

Published 01-Jul-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: environment, polar bears, science

Physics Saves the Day!

In which I unstick a stuck glass.

Published 17-Jun-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ann, bill, science

British icon, Stephen Hawking

Wheelbound-scientist experiences zero-g.

Published 01-May-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: science, star trek

The New Year Formula

How to work out what year it will be next year.

Published 12-Apr-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: mathematics, science

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