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April 24th, 2012 | Category: science
I was lucky enough to have my friend Khalil Cassimally interview me a couple of weeks ago for The SA Incubator, a Scientific American blog that focuses on the next generation of science communicators. Now, the interview is online! Have a read whilst it’s still hot. Or even when it’s not. I doubt it’s going away any time soon.
The interview goes into details about my science communication niche, podcasting, geekiness and my plans for the future. More information about what I think: just [...]
» Continue reading “My Scientific American Incubator interview”
April 20th, 2012 | Category: miscellaneousDramatic title! Perhaps too dramatic! But whatever! Finally, after a couple of weeks caught up in the Global Atheist Convention 2012, the Test of Faith panel discussion and some hardcore university writing about mouse testis cDNA libraries, I’m back to blogging again, as you can see. I’m exhausted, and I’m not out of things to do yet, but the pressure’s been turned down quite a bit.
If you were wondering, the Global Atheist Convention went spectacularly well. As a volunteer in a vibrant blue t-shirt I was running around all over [...]
» Continue reading “Rising from the ashes of atheists, Christians and mouse testes”
March 30th, 2012 | Category: religion
You’re all familiar with the Global Atheist Convention 2012, right? It’s a massive event being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre from April 13th-15th, featuring both international and local speakers – philosophers, scientists, writers, comedians, and more – who will all be discussing various topics surrounding atheism or non-belief in religion. My good friend Kylie Sturgess (along with Australian comedian Lawrence Leung) will be MC-ing it. What, you’ve never heard of it? How curious.
Anyway, whether or [...]
» Continue reading “Christian professors vs. little “Mr” Jack Scanlan (at the Reason for Faith Festival)”
March 26th, 2012 | Category: science
If that title doesn’t draw you in, I don’t know what will, honestly. It’s not misleading, either.
The lovely folks over at TBA - Ben Vernel, Tess Armstrong and Andy Balloch – were kind enough to invite me on their excellent podcast to discuss all things science… and quite a few things not-science. I share some amazing science-themed pick-up lines (which I’ve never, ever used, I promise you), Tess asks me about random topics, Ben just sits there being a bit of [...]
» Continue reading “Science, rectal mishaps and pick-up lines – my guest appearance on TBA”
March 13th, 2012 | Category: skepticismRegular readers of this blog may know of “Will”, a frequent commenter on my posts about evolutionary biology and intelligent design who seems to disagree with absolutely everything I say. Some would, and have, called him a troll – I’m a little more lenient in my descriptions, but I usually restrain from responding to him too much, given that his comments are often filled with semi-decipherable appeals to “natural genetic engineering” and consciousness in bacteria and other organisms. In short, I really don’t have time to wade through the murky [...]
» Continue reading “Am I an evolutionary ideologue?”
January 20th, 2012 | Category: intelligent designGetting mentioned on the Discovery Institute’s flagship blog Evolution News & Views never fails to make me smile. I mean, it’s a big deal that they’ve gone out of their way to talk about me – they could be doing some groundbreaking scientific research after all. However, I do wish that one day they’ll have something useful or interesting to say.
Do I sound a little snarky? Perhaps I do. And perhaps I mean to be, just a little. Because, you know, it’s not every day you read [...]
» Continue reading “So, Discovery Institute, do I win an award or what?”
January 11th, 2012 | Category: miscellaneousFamily holiday time this week (from the 9th to the 16th of January) up in sunny/windy/rainy Merimbula, a coastal town in New South Wales, less than 100km from the Victorian border. It took us about eight hours to drive here from Melbourne – a couple more and we could have reached Canberra, and a few more after that and we’d be in Sydney. But capital cities are far too busy and noisy for my holiday tastes, so quiet coastal town it is.
The Merimbula back beach. Note [...]
» Continue reading “I’m the one sitting on the beach, reading about the philosophy of science”
January 7th, 2012 | Category: miscellaneous
Personally, the concept of donating money to people whose online content you enjoy and benefit from has always seemed noble and sophisticated. My ideal model for a donation system is as follows. Someone does something amazing, with no intention of receiving any money for it, and then money magically appears in their possession, unannounced and unexpected. They profess infinite gratitude, the people who donated reassure them that they’re worth the (individually) small expense, and everyone gets on with their busy lives – the recipient now able to [...]
» Continue reading “The angst and awkwardness of facilitating blog donations”
December 29th, 2011 | Category: intelligent design
From the 6th to the 14th of July, 2012, the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture is hosting a seminar on intelligent design for college and university students, entitled “Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences”:
The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences [emphasis in original] will prepare students to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, [...]
» Continue reading “The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences – Would I be welcome?”
December 9th, 2011 | Category: miscellaneousIt’s official! I’m going to be on a panel at Young Minds 2012, a conference in Sydney from June 21st to 22nd. For those unaware…
Young Minds is an exciting new initiative from the producers of the hugely popular Happiness & Its Causes and Mind & Its Potential conference series.
A summit of 50+ leading thinkers from Australia and around the world, Young Minds will address the vital issues facing [...]
» Continue reading “I’m speaking at the Young Minds 2012 conference in Sydney next June!”
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Homologous Legs is the blog of Jack Scanlan, an Australian biology student who has a serious problem with creationists, intelligent design proponents and anyone else who misrepresents evolutionary biology or science in general.
He uses this blog to post news about the intelligent design/evolution "war", science communication in biology and chemistry, and mostly coherent thoughts from his scattered, music-loving brain. Contact
homologouslegs(at)gmail(dot)com
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