I read the good news on the ABC that parents are being encouraged to vaccinate by only getting the government child bonus payment if they’ve had their vaccinations. The following morning I read The Advertiser over breakfast (having been lulled into a sense of science security by Clare Peddie’s return from holidays) and read this… [Read more…]
July 30, 2011
Scientists, how is this for a controversial suggestion: an article in the Guardian today in favour of government regulation of scientists, as advocated by a new Parliamentary report. In [the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee] report today, it calls for serious action, not on peer review but on fraud. “Although it is not the… [Read more…]
May 12, 2011
I’m A Climate Scientist It’s not going to win music video of the year, but Hungry Beast make an excellent point – the absence of climate scientists from the conversation about climate change. I loved the point of their “I’m not a climate scientist” montage at the start. Why have the real climate scientists disappeared… [Read more…]
November 28, 2011
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