Science

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Are Americans anti-science?

Michael Cook | 04 November 2011 |

tags: science, US

No, they just don't like arrogant, undemocratic scientists.

Nobel Prizes mean more for media than for science

Peter C. Doherty | 04 October 2011 |

tags: media frenzy, Nobel Prize, science

Once again, it's Nobel Prize season. An Australian laureate remembers the day the phone rang.

Will science banish superstition for ever?

Denyse O'Leary | 10 August 2011 |

tags: religion, science, superstition

Which makes people more superstitious: fervent scientism or fervent religious belief? The answer may surprise you.

Does death end all?

Denyse O'Leary | 26 May 2011 |

tags: atheism, immortality, science

Some thoughts on Stephen Hawking’s recent declaration

Has science buried God?

William West | 05 May 2011 |

tags: atheism, religion, science

No, far from it, an Oxford professor insists.

Most medical research is wrong? Are you kidding?

Michael Cook | 22 November 2010 |

tags: science, stem cells

No. In fact, the leading figure in medical statistics says plainly, “most claimed research findings are false”.

Stephen Hawking’s creation confusion

William E. Carroll | 30 September 2010 |

tags: cosmology, science, Stephen Hawking

Scientists have begun to doubt whether there was a “Big Bang.” But in claiming that this disproves the existence of a Creator, they confuse temporal beginnings with origins.

Stem cell tears

Michaela Kingston | 14 September 2010 |

tags: Obama, science, stem cells

Will researcher have to look for other jobs now that federal funding for human embryo research in the US may dry up?

The bacterium whose parent is a computer

Michael Cook | 22 May 2010 |

tags: science

Craig Venter's feat in creating a synthetic microorganism is impressive, but not earth-shattering.

Never tire of asking questions

Jack Martin | 11 May 2010 |

tags: higher education, science, stem cell research

A university education enables students to scrutinise ethically dubious claims made by some scientists

What science knows and how it knows it

Richard Umbers | 17 December 2009 |

tags: post-modernism, science, scientism

A defence of rationality and common sense from an Australian mathematician is a must-read as an antidote to post-modernist scepticism.

Brain scans and neurotrash

Denyse O'Leary | 24 November 2009 |

tags: neuroscience, phrenology, science

It's the ultimate branding strategy. Just slap "neuro" before a word and the goofiest speculation becomes respectable science. 

Evolution? Please leave God out of it

Patrick Gilligan | 23 September 2009 |

tags: evolution, religion, science

Evolutionists weaken their case by bringing God's existence into the discussion.

Oracles of Science

Michael Cook | 13 March 2008 |

tags: evolution, religion, science

Some scientists are out of their depth when they wade into philosophy and theology.

Excuses, excuses

Michael Cook | 09 December 2006 |

tags: cloning, Hwang Woo-suk, science

When a leading scientific journal publishes a hoax once, it is a tragedy. When it happens twice, it starts to look like bias.