It is perhaps fitting that I post something from Scotland. The Scotsman is reporting 12 dead and 150 injured from the bombings in London. The same newspaper quotes Paul Wilkinson, a terrorism expert from St Andrews University, saying "It is quite … [Read more...] about Terrorism Will Not Stop Discussions
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Government Commits $2.3 Billion for Unknown Quantity of Water
On 27th April Queensland Premier Peter Beattie announced $2.3 billion worth of water projects for Queensland. The Premier said, "The Infrastructure Plan includes funding for a new dam and two new weirs. We will need more urban and industrial water … [Read more...] about Government Commits $2.3 Billion for Unknown Quantity of Water
Government Payments for Environmental Services
The Hon. Warren Truss MP (until recently Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestery) gave a speech to the Victorian Rural Press Club in March in which he talked about the recently released 'Agriculture and Food Industry Stocktake' and some of … [Read more...] about Government Payments for Environmental Services
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
This will be my third post in a row with a US theme or author. But I just have to share the photos by Joel Sartore at this site http://www.joelsartore.com/gallery/index.asp . The 'fragile nature' gallery has my favourites but it takes a while to … [Read more...] about Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Correction from David Douglass to Ken Miles
I received the following email yesterday from David Douglass, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, New York: Dear Dr Marohasy The following quote from your web page has come to my attention: "A good example of skeptics … [Read more...] about Correction from David Douglass to Ken Miles
God Bless America
It is the 4th July, Independence Day in the USA, and NASA has successfully smashed something the size of a washing machine into a gigantic comet. The aim of the cosmic collision, and I gather it was successful, was to find out what is inside comets. … [Read more...] about God Bless America
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
