Opinion Dominion

Solar Thermal Plants Losing out to Photovoltaics - Technology Review The article notes that big solar thermal plants are still (mostly) semi...

Australian volcano eruptions overdue, new study confirms Using the latest dating techniques, scientists from the University of Melbourne’s S...

Sceptic's Nazi jibe ends his lectures I thought there was something fake about Monckton's rapid, completely unreserved, often repeat...

Atmospheric cloud water contains a diverse bacterial community Atmospheric cloud water contains an active microbial community which can im...

Pot drivers: Stoned drivers are uncharted territory - latimes.com The LA Times reports that there is a concern that the medical marijuana mo...

Pigeons never forget a face New research has shown that feral, untrained pigeons can recognise individual people and are not fooled by a cha...

Catalyst: Pet Subjects - Dog eyebrows - ABC TV Science I found this segment on Catalyst this week pretty fascinating. The key to feeling th...

Tiger planes grounded, pose 'serious risk' | News.com.au Wow. I've travelled on Tiger with the family maybe 3 times, I think, a...

Fatima conspiracy theories are damaging the Church This blog entry at Catholic Herald doesn't fully explain the background, but it would...

Lightning strikes far more men than women, statistics show Mind you, I have known women who have been completely careless of lightning too. ...

Nuclear power debate a 'live debate within the Labor Party', says Martin Ferguson | The Australian Resources and Energy Minister Mar...

David Duchovny and Tea Leoni separate | News.com.au SEX-addicted actor David Duchovny has separated from his wife, fellow actor Tea Leoni, ...

Experts warn epic weather ravaging US could worsen Towards the end of this report about the extremes of recent US weather, we get this comme...

Acer's Iconia tablet rivals iPad in price, but not much else I've been noticing the Android tablets that have been turning up at JB ...

BBC News - Mickey Mouse tweet by Egypt's Sawiris angers conservatives One of Egypt's richest men has been accused of mocking Islam ...

Climate sceptic Willie Soon received $1m from oil companies, papers show

VoltAir shows off electricity powered plane concept at Paris Air Show that is slated for 2035 Hard to believe it could work, and I assume it...

More on marathoning and heart disease : Science-Based Running Interesting report on a recent study with some pretty convincing sounding evid...

The idea is not new, I guess: ...a team of psychologists based in China and Hong Kong believe the ultimate cause of human war rests with th...