PhD Students: Living below poverty line

There used to be a time when Australia had the title ‘the clever country’ and it seemed, in many ways, it was.  The nation was at the forefront of research in many field, our scientists were paid big money to work overseas and education actually seemed to be important.  I doubt few could argue that [...]

Timeline of the Universe

I came across the following news article which seems to serve as a brief but still useful guide to how the Universe formed and what happened in those very early stages. Personally, I love science stories like these; they serve as a great introduction to science and, in doing so, can often bring home perspective [...]

Looking for a New Phone

Currently I enjoy a 24 Month mobile phone contract, a contract which is about due for renewal. At the end of this contract I have a choice; change the sort of deal/carrier away from Tel$tra/get a new deal with new phone or keep my current phone (which has actually served me rather well) and [...]

Characters worth looking up to

One of the greatest achievements of human evolution is the imagination and seemingly limitless creativity that we possess. The power to achieve our dreams is not nearly as impressive as being able to have those dreams to begin with.
Part of that ability is to be able to create characters that are better than the creator, [...]

Repeated, ignorant Creationist/ID arguments: A solution

One of the things that annoys me about the whole Theory of Evolution & Creationism/ID topic that Creationists and ID proponents always repeat the same old silly arguments. You know the sort I mean; appeals to a misunderstanding of the Laws of Thermodynamics, the ‘which is easier to believe’ fallacy and so on. [...]

Human Evolution: Why are we like we are?

Often I get into discussions with people about how the Human body relates to the Theory of Evolution and how we ourselves can be pretty good evidence that Evolution happened.  I sometimes get told that the human body has almost never changed which, of course, is rather silly.   So just to throw it out there, [...]

So what is the problem with religious beliefs?

There are many reasons for why I am an Atheist but does that mean that I do not like religious beliefs and practices? That is, in a way, a loaded question that can very easily be misconstrued or offence taken from.Now previously in this blog I have examined, albeit if briefly, why I am [...]