09.05.08
Large Hadron Rap… fully sick
CERN TV
A non-scientific view of the LHC from existentialistcat.
09.04.08
The Ultimate Global Warming Challenge
Can you save Al Gore?
Click Here to Win $500,000 dollars by proving Al Gore right about global warming!
Can’t be that hard surely?
08.15.08
Better off without religion? Your say
Would the world be better off without religion?
That is the proposition that will be discussed next Tuesday as
the fourth instalment this year in the Herald’s Intelligence
Squared Australia (IQ2 Oz) series, presented at the City Recital
Hall in Sydney.
The forum will address the notion that “while the world’s
religions have inspired stunning acts of creation, they also have
been implicated in some of the darkest deeds in human history”.
The provocative series of six-part debates is aimed at raising
the level of public discourse on challenging issues.
The debate will be streamed live on smh.com.au and broadcast
nationally on the ABC.
08.13.08
Show us the Evidence, Penny Wong!
But since 1999 new evidence has seriously weakened the case
that carbon emissions are the main cause of global warming, and
by 2007 the evidence was pretty conclusive that carbon plays
only a minor role and is not the main cause of the recent
global warming. As Lord Keynes famously said, “When the
facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
Dr David Evans
Alarmists Question Global Warming?
Is Winter 2008 Making Climate Alarmists Question Global Warming?
By Noel Sheppard March 2, 2008
For years, climate realists have been wondering how the global warming alarmists would react when the planet actually cooled, albeit for an unknown amount of time.
With the winter of 2008 ushering in record-cold temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere — following similar, albeit mostly unreported, weather in the Southern Hemisphere’s 2007 winter — it seems the resolve of the believers has been a bit weakened, to say the least.
08.12.08
People in Glass Houses by Tanya Levin
A book exposing the Hillsong Church.
People in Glass Houses (Black Inc, $29.95) by Tanya Levin
A couple of years ago, Brian Houston boasted on ABC television
that Hillsong’s income for the financial year 2004-2005 was $50
million. It’s tax-free, of course. Accounts are never published.
Year after year, Hillsong’s music arm has albums high in the
charts. When All of the AboveSaviour King took its place. The earnings are enormous
but the begging bowl is always out.
Tanya Levin with Andrew Denton
08.06.08
Brian Cox: What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider
Brian Cox: What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider
CERN has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September.
CERN
08.05.08
Carbon huddles deep in the forest
Australia’s old-growth forests can store up to five times more carbon than previously thought, scientists say, as they warn that natural forests are crucial in the worldwide fight against climate change.
A study on the role of natural forests in carbon storage has found that unlogged natural eucalypt forests in Australia’s south-east store about 640 tonnes of carbon a hectare, while intact old-growth forests in Victoria and Tasmania store up to 1200 tonnes a hectare.
