New Orlean's daily newspaper The Times-Picayune is now publishing out of Baton Rouge including onto the internet, see http://www.nola.com/ . This newspaper has a weblog: http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/. Senator Andrew Bartlett's blog has a post … [Read more...] about Link to New Orleans
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Intelligent Design
E-journal Online Opinion published a piece today titled Evolutionary science isn't a closed book about the pros and cons of teaching Intelligent Design (ID) in schools and universities. I read about the concept of ID in the August 15 issue of Time … [Read more...] about Intelligent Design
Energy for Aquaculture (Part 1)
I have always been interested in the relative efficiencies of different food production sytems. I wrote and posted the piece on fishing last night (Let them eat fish)while trying to come to terms with how much money the Australian government is … [Read more...] about Energy for Aquaculture (Part 1)
Let Them Eat Fish
On 4th July last year the area zoned 'Green', and thus off-limits to commercial and recreational fishers in Great Barrier Reef (GBR) water, was increased from 4.5 per cent to 33.3 per cent of the total GBR area. This was the culmination of a hard … [Read more...] about Let Them Eat Fish
Is Siberia Melting?
Last Saturday in Sydney, Alexandra de Blas, one-time ABC Radio National Earthbeat Presenter, told everyone at that conference which I attended at the NSW State Library that Siberia's permafrost was melting. According to de Blas this was yet another … [Read more...] about Is Siberia Melting?
Katrina and The Mississippi
New Orleans in the southern US has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. According to tonights ABC television news, 80% of the city is under water. I was in Louisiana in February 1999 and remember enjoying a meal of crawfish in Baton Rouge (just … [Read more...] about Katrina and The Mississippi
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
