For the last three autumns, Lake Eyre in central Australia has received runoff from good flooding rains. These photographs were taken by Rhyl as she flew from Quilpie to Birdsville to Lake Eyre in July 2010. And the flood waters are arriving … [Read more...] about Lake Eyre, Still Flooding
History
It Never Rains
"POETRY, said Auden, makes nothing happen. Usually it doesn't, but sometimes a poem gets quoted in a national argument because everybody knows it, or at least part of it, and for the occasion a few lines of familiar poetry suddenly seem the best way … [Read more...] about It Never Rains
Big Bang Rebuttal, Part 1: A Note from Joseph A. Olson
SUPERSTITION has exerted a powerful force on human psyche and history. Strengthened with a few facts, a superstition becomes accepted reality until new perceptions can reopen debate. That is an exciting possibility in today’s Nouveau Renaissance. … [Read more...] about Big Bang Rebuttal, Part 1: A Note from Joseph A. Olson
Another Report into Climategate
Climategate was the scandal that erupted in the lead-up to Copenhagen resulting from the release of over one thousand emails detailing correspondence between leading climate scientists exposing conspiracy and collusion including how to stack review … [Read more...] about Another Report into Climategate
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
ONE of the best Christmas presents I received this year is a film by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan entitled ‘The National Parks: America’s Best Idea’ – as twelve episodes contained in a case of five DVDs. So far I’ve watched episodes one to four … [Read more...] about The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
