I recently got into a small kerfuffle with a journalist, actually a sports writer who decided to dabble in science journalism. The exchange started at science-based medicine when I wrote a piece critical of the claims being made for a new device called the GyroStim, which is being offered as a treatment for brain injury. [...]
Daniel Loxton encourages skeptics to register for The Amazing Meeting 2013 conference in Las Vegas, and especially to attend the skeptical history workshop that he will be moderating.
I was recently asked about this article, Bedrock of vaccination theory crumbles as science reveals antibodies not necessary to fight viruses, which is a year old, but is making the rounds recently on social media. I was asked if there is any validity to the article. It’s from NaturalNews (not to be confused with NatureNews), [...]
I just had to share this in a quick post: one of my favorite musical groups from the 1990s – They Might Be Giants – has a neat video about science out on Youtube. It’s called “Science Is Real” – check it out
They released this as an CD album and I highly recommend it. As well as a CD you get a DVD with cartoon videos of all the tracks.
I bought it last year for my daughter when she saw a TV advert for it (she was 5 at the time) and I must say its taken to it very well. She will dig out the DVD to watch and to show to baby-sitters and it will often be the music of choice in the car on a long journey. It really is a jolly good album that the whole family can sing along to, and we do!
Some of the songs have provoked some interesting conversations too. The elements song talks about squashing carbon into diamonds, which resulted in the request to get some coal so that we could make a diamond at home. The last song about Davey Crocket in outer space has me genuinely laughing, sadly my daughter is still too young to understand that one and now thinks Davey Crocket was the first man on the moon.
All in though, the album is utterly fantastic and I recommend it highly for all parents and non-parents.
limey said
They released this as an CD album and I highly recommend it. As well as a CD you get a DVD with cartoon videos of all the tracks.
I bought it last year for my daughter when she saw a TV advert for it (she was 5 at the time) and I must say its taken to it very well. She will dig out the DVD to watch and to show to baby-sitters and it will often be the music of choice in the car on a long journey. It really is a jolly good album that the whole family can sing along to, and we do!
Some of the songs have provoked some interesting conversations too. The elements song talks about squashing carbon into diamonds, which resulted in the request to get some coal so that we could make a diamond at home. The last song about Davey Crocket in outer space has me genuinely laughing, sadly my daughter is still too young to understand that one and now thinks Davey Crocket was the first man on the moon.
All in though, the album is utterly fantastic and I recommend it highly for all parents and non-parents.