The Anglican archbishop of Dublin, Dr. John Neill has come out today to say that Ireland is increasingly becoming a society where the value system is focussed on wealth. He is, of course, correct in this assertion and it is good that he is talking about this. The message will go unnoticed because […]
Science, society, stuff…
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Archive for December, 2007
More hijacking of my work by the loonies
Posted in December 31st, 2007
So, recently, myself and Davide Pisani wrote a perspective article for the journal Science and in that paper we wrote about the current move away from using a tree diagram to depict the evolutionary history of life on the planet. It is my opinion, having looked at the data, that a network or web […]
Most interesting bit of TV over the xmas period.
Posted in December 30th, 2007
by James in Television
Britain’s youngest brides….
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Celtic Tiger gone to sleep - wake up kitty, kitty.
Posted in December 20th, 2007
The ESRI has said this morning that economic growth will be at its lowest level in 17 years in 2008 at about 2.5%.
This is the last nail in the coffin of Celtic Tiger version 1.0.
I know these things are cyclical and so on and the source of the problem will be the fall-off in construction […]
Fame, fame at last!!
Posted in December 20th, 2007
I have made it onto the Cosmic Ancestry website. I never thought it would happen to me. I just want to thank my mother, my producer and everybody involved in the project.*cough*.
You can see it here.
Don’t ask.
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What causes traffic jams
Posted in December 19th, 2007
Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers baffled as they finally reach the end of a tail-back to find no visible cause for their delay. Now, a […]
Lost in Translation
Posted in December 19th, 2007
It is quarter past three in the morning and I cannot sleep because of jet-lag. This is part of the reason for the title to this post. I love the movie Lost in Translation. Apart from the fact that Bill Murray is such a great actor and somebody I love to watch […]
Biologist Killed by Creationist
Posted in December 17th, 2007
by James in Science and Society
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22924256-29277,00.html
A FRUIT-picking trip to southern New South Wales ended in the death ofa Scottish backpacker who became embroiled in a bizarre row aboutcreationism and evolution.
English backpacker Alexander Christian York, 33, was today sentencedto a maximum of five years jail for the manslaughter of Scotsman RudiBoa in January last year.
Mr Boa, 28, died on January 27 […]
Some photos from the last couple of weeks
Posted in December 17th, 2007
by James in Photography
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My son got a "B"
Posted in December 16th, 2007
This is a pretty good spoof on those parents that expect too much from their children.
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