Opinion Dominion

Backreaction: Opinions, Morals and What Science Could but Shouldn’t Tell Us Sabine Hossenfelder has been thinking about philosophy, and no...

Everything you ever needed to know about screenwriting (but were afraid to ask)  This article about what one is supposed to know about scr...

Last summer was not actually angrier than other summers | The Australian So, renegade climate scientist Murry Salby has attacked the Clima...

The Modern Female Eunuch - The Atlantic Back in 2010 I noted a story from the Science Show about how valuable eunuchs have been in histo...

Joseph and the Giant Balloon: The First Aeronaut of the American West - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic The story of the first manned ball...

Yesterday The Age ran with the story of a relatively healthy 83 year old who committed suicide despite having no terminal illness, but felt...

Rabett Run has a translation of a blog post by Stefan Rahmstorf that appeared recently.  It looks at the recent papers arguing the loss of ...

That was a bit of a bland Easter break.  We did go fishing at Raby Bay (Cleveland) on Friday morning though: only the adults caught a few sm...

Lords of Karma and Military Reincarnation � Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog I've been looking at another history side about od...

History of Good Friday execution method: When did we stop crucifying people? - Slate Magazine This short Slate Explainer article notes tha...

Hard-boiled eggs: Why you should never actually boil them. As l usually find myself boiling eggs about once a month (for tuna salad), I fee...

BBC News - The people who think they tune into dead voices For some reason, the BBC News magazine has an article about the history of EVP ...

Brain scans predict which criminals are more likely to reoffend  In a twist that evokes the dystopian science fiction of writer Philip ...

The Roots of Anti-Government Gun Culture in America - The Daily Beast David Frum has a look here at an interesting sounding book about how...

The days of relying on natural resources are over Ken Davidson summarises an important recent story: Nathan Fabian is chief executive of...

You probably don't even understand the policy you hate the most: Study finds widespread ignorance about carbon tax Nine months after...

Well, at least Harry Clarke likes her too... Meanwhile, John Quiggin, who (despite otherwise sounding a sensible enough chap) has been...

OK, so it was a rush job...

There's a new, more detailed, map of the cosmic microwave background out.    It does not resolve some oddities: It has also uncovered ...