Listen, Liberal – Part II
Part I here. One of the most interesting passages in Listen, Liberal is Frank’s characterization of the Republicans as the…
What are Virtual and Augmented Realities?
A explanation of virtual and augmented reality. Includes a brief history and description of the differences. Music at 2:20 Twisted…
April 2017 Patreon Q & A (#1 in a monthly series)
This is a Question and Answer session that I set up for my Patreon subscribers. I plan to conduct such…
Confused by data visualisation? Here’s how to cope in a world of many features
The late data visionary Hans Rosling mesmerised the world with his work, contributing to a more informed society. Rosling used…
The world’s first glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina
Scientists in Argentina have discovered a frog that glows in moonlight and at twilight. Fluorescence in terrestrial environments had previously…
2017 Maps of Meaning 09: Patterns of Symbolic Representation
In this lecture, I discuss the manner in which the fundamental symbolic archetypes (particularly those dealing with the Wise King…
Silver Heritage Casino Hotel In Nepal Has A Mountain To Climb
Now scheduled to open in August, Silver Heritage Group’s Tiger Palace Bhairahawa will be the first casino resort built especially…
Cambodia Casino Deal He Didn’t Want Returns Malaysia’s Chen To Billionaire Ranks
Billionaire Chen Lip Keong has expanded NagaWorld in Phnom Penh from a barge to a 700 room hotel – shown…
Listen, Liberal – Part I
Ironically, it used to be the crazy fringe on the Right that were the breeding grounds for conspiracy theories (“birthers”,…
The Changing Landscape of Scientific Publishing
A senior colleague from my ecology days wrote to me with a request for a PDF reprint of an article…
Latin American presidents love Twitter – and that’s not a good sign
Leer en español. The Conversation Global’s series, Politics in the Age of Social Media, examines how governments around the world…
Cultural Evolution Knew What Statistics Didn’t: That Hillary Would Lose
As is well known, all major forecasters confidently predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the presidential elections of 2016. On…
Tesla Energy is Getting Serious – A Battery powered World?
Will have to rewrite this, got hacked…
More Reasons to Eat Fat
In a recent blog post P. D. Mangan discusses the implications of the metabolic theory of cancer and the ideas…