Leeds Skeptics caused some controversy recently when they booked Steve Moxon to give a talk entitled “Why aren’t there more woman in the boardroom?”. Moxon has, to put it kindly, a chequered history. He first came to light as a Home Office whistleblower who revealed that immigration checks were being waived, but more recently he’s … [Read more…]
Tomorrow night sees the return of Ignite to Leaf on Bold Street, Liverpool. All the speakers get 5 minutes and 20 slides to talk about anything they want. I’m talking about my experiences of being a skeptic (don’t worry, it’s going to be positive!) and there is also someone talking about the paranormal, so things … [Read more…]
Hello. If you are reading this, chances are you’re expecting to read about some Internet drama from over two years ago. Well tough, you can’t. I don’t get involved with that kind of thing anymore. Look, the ESA has just landed a spacecraft on a comet. That’s amazing, awesome and important, why not go and … [Read more…]
Well, sort of. I’m writing this from work, but if all goes well tonight I’ll be back to my sporadic best in no time! So, what’s been going on? Well, what hasn’t been going on! The big news from my end is that myself and my girlfriend have moved into our first house, hence lack … [Read more…]
I love Ignite events. As a speaker they are very challenging, you get just 5 minutes and 20 slides to talk about whatever you want, and as a viewer you get to learn about a huge range of topics. I’m very keen on communicating science, and for this reason my last Ignite talk was on … [Read more…]
Last week, I finished fulfilling one of my civic duties by answering the call of jury service. Now, before I go any further, I need to stress that I’m not allowed by law to talk about any cases I was on, so if you want to hear about any juicy murders or arson attempts you’ve … [Read more…]
For anyone who ever asks “What’s the appeal of science?” or “Why bother with science?” I would encourage them to watch this video by Jorge Cham from PhD Comics. In it he illustrates his interview with Daniel Whiteson from CERN. He explains one of the goals of the Large Hadron Collider, which is to look … [Read more…]
You may have noticed that Reddit, in particular the “subreddit” r/atheism, has been getting a lot of attention in the skeptical community. That’s not that surprising given that Reddit is one of the most popular sites on the Internet, regularly dealing with around 67 million hits per day with an Alexa rank of 124. The … [Read more…]