The ‘fluoride in drinking water’ debate is heating up again in Hamilton. A letter in one of our local free newspapers begins Sodium fluoride is the main ingredient in rat poison and then informs us that the Nazis used it to keep their prisoners docile. And what I want to know is this: why, if […]
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cyclists = road vermin? quit the hyperbole, mr ware
It appears that Wellington businessman David Ware has a thing about cyclists: he has described them as "road vermin", "roadkill", and "weasels in lycra". He is entitled to his opinion, but this is completely over the top. In fact, I have news for you, Mr Ware. Yes, there are cyclists who demonstrate poor judgement & […]
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We are in full enrolment mode at the moment – for some reason a lot of students have left re-enrolling &/or seeking advice until the Very Last Moment – so I have little time for serious blogging. (It’s always the same at this time of year, only this year more of the same.) But I […]
Continue readingwhat might a ‘science for citizens’ curriculum look like?
That’s the question blog-buddy Michael Edmonds asked some of us last night, & it got me thinking. Sir Peter Gluckman raised the idea of a ‘science for citizens’ curriculum back in early 2011, in his report Looking ahead: science education for the 21st century. Included in that report was a brief list of some skills, […]
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Lately I’ve been amazed and entertained by some of the quirky science music videos out there (some are parodies, some not). Here are two of the latest to catch my eye. This one – this one we’re sooo going to show in the first-year cellular & molecular paper 🙂 And this works for me too […]
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