We have been friends for some 20 years, she used to edit Online Opinion (and I used to write for it), when she lived in Brisbane – we both once lived in Brisbane, in Chelmer. Now Susan lives on Norfolk Island that is rather a long way to the East. … [Read more...] about Facebook Fiasco – and the Fishes
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Reading the Rocks, Another Highest Tide Day – More Fun
I was out again yesterday, scrambling over the rocks below Boiling Pot Lookout in Noosa National Park. It is what biologists enjoying doing most, observing nature close up. All the better when you can sit-in your favourite marine pothole and see … [Read more...] about Reading the Rocks, Another Highest Tide Day – More Fun
Cyclone Jasper & BOM Forecasting – Getting to the Truth
A lie will travel halfway around the world while the truth is lacing her boots, so the adage goes. And so, the showmen will continue to misrepresent natural disasters that befalls northern Australia while finding something popular to say at the … [Read more...] about Cyclone Jasper & BOM Forecasting – Getting to the Truth
Torrential Rain, a 120-Plus Year Record from Kuranda, near Cairns (Part 1)
I was born in Darwin, and raised in the Tropics, knowing the sound of monsoon rains on a tin roof – so loud, like a heard of buffalo galloping overhead. Always wondering, as I lay in bed when it would end, whether it would flood. Caused by … [Read more...] about Torrential Rain, a 120-Plus Year Record from Kuranda, near Cairns (Part 1)
Steven Pinker, 2024 & Planning to Begin a Discussion about Carbon Dioxide & Warming (ARC Part 4)
After the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC)* conference finished in London, I caught a British Airlines flight to Seattle, to visit with my daughter. She has just recently moved there, to begin a PhD at the University of Washington. The … [Read more...] about Steven Pinker, 2024 & Planning to Begin a Discussion about Carbon Dioxide & Warming (ARC Part 4)
Annual Cycles, Best wishes for 2024
Our lives, like the seasons, tend to be affected by an annual cycle dictated by the revolution of the Earth about the Sun that takes one year. We are inclined to celebrate events on this time scale, events like Christmas, which occurs each year … [Read more...] about Annual Cycles, Best wishes for 2024
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
