by Richard Easther | Nov 11, 2014 | New Zealand
Sir Robert “Bob” Jones is New Zealand’s answer to Donald Trump; a wealthy property investor with a sideline as an internet and old-media troll, albeit with a better barber than The Donald. In yesterday’s Herald Jones shares his opinions on which...
by Richard Easther | Sep 23, 2014 | Cosmology
Today, another chapter has been added to the increasingly convoluted BICEP2 saga [see here, here, here and here for my accounts of previous developments]. The story began on March 21st with a media conference heard around the world that heralded a “5 sigma” detection...
by Richard Easther | Aug 5, 2014 | Bad Science, Physics
As Mark Twain apparently didn’t say, a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on. And when that lie is powered by a breakthrough, NASA-approved space drive technology it can get to infinity and beyond, even if the...
by Richard Easther | Jul 2, 2014 | Bad Science, Education, Physics
The equation-filled blackboard is one of the most reliable props of academia, not just in cartoons and movies, but in real life. You know a scientific discussion is taking a turn for the serious when the protagonists head to the board. Walking into a colleague’s...
by Richard Easther | Jun 22, 2014 | Bad Science, New Zealand
If nine year olds went to university, our lecture theatres would be crammed with would-be astronomers and astrophysicists. I visited a primary school last week and pretty much every hand in the room was up for over an hour. Topics ranged from why we have daytime...
