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Ionian Enchantment
http://ionian-enchantment.blogspot.com/
A science and skepticism blog featuring posts on evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, Darwinism, pseudoscience, atheism and much more
- Added on: Oct 28th, 2008
- Country: South Africa
- Language: English
- Author: Michael Meadon
- Listed in: Science Education & Learning
- Tags: africa science atheism Evolution skepticism evolutionary psychology
Recent Posts
Cyclone Roberta - FAKE
A public service announcement: the rumors and emails (example after the jump) doing the rounds that KwaZulu Natal is about to be hit by a "tempestuous cyclone" is fake, false, a hoax, bollocks, and completely made up. (There is a warning of heavy rai...
Fun with blasphemy
So September 30th was Blasphemy Day International, and the Center for Inquiry has released their blasphemy contest winners. Contestants were supposed to create blasphemous statements no longer than 20 words. The winners: “Faith is no reason” (by...
Encephalon #78
The 78th edition of the mind/brain/psychology/etc. carnival Encephalon is out at Providentia. Posts to check out: Generally Thinking on the Buddhist brain, Brain Stimulant on neurorobotics, and The Neurocritic on unusual sexual changes due to various...
Anti-vaccination and South Africa\'s measels outbreak
South Africa is in the grip of a measles epidemic (luckily confined primarily to the province of Gauteng), with 2000 cases and 4 deaths. The culprit? Parents not vaccinating their children (among other things) due to the fear that jabs can cause auti...
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Lazy linking...
Your semi- quasi- pseudo- weekly dose of Lazy Linking... "Grandma Plays Favorites" A report by ScienceNOW on fascinating research on grandparent kin-altruism. According to the grandmother hypothesis, older women survive well past menopause (or ...
