Ionian Enchantment

The most excellent Daniel Loxton (author of the important manifesto " Where do we go from here? " [pdf]) has put together a fun l...

It's been a long time since I've updated the African science and skepticism blogroll, but here it is. (Thanks to James for the har...

New Scientist magazine has a pair of fantastic articles on AIDS denialism: " AIDS denial: a lethal delusion " (by Jonny Steinberg ...

The Treatment Action Campaign (an AIDS activist NGO) recently published an important open letter by physicians and academics to the Medica...

After a hiatus of a couple of months, the Carnival of the Africans is returning on the 28th of this month at Simon Halliday's Amanuensi...

Discovered in 1991 on a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in Austria, Ötzi the Iceman is a beautifully preserved mummy of a man who died in around...

A fantastic video (embedded below, or click here ) on open mindedness and critical thinking. A must see, seriously.

The latest edition of the Economist ’s always-fascinating Technological Quarterly is out . Highlights: combating malaria by shooting down mo...