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Coming Attractions
Click on the title to go to the list of science-related events


Rants
- aorta be a law against it...

Testing the Paranormal - Randi and JREF

"Free Trade" legislation, and the result on Science writing



Raves
- the best thing since sliced bread...

The Science Search Engine  at http://www.scirus.com/
Science Centre and Planetarium in Fairy Meadow, about 1km north of Wollongong, NSW.
Australia's Future Scientists?  Experience of a Science Fair judge.
Science Writer's Festival  in Brisbane, October 3rd - 6th
Qld Uni Bright Minds Project  to attract and nurture more high-achieving students to a career in the biological and chemical sciences
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/world/earth_summit  This online resource for children provides an in-depth guide for children on the summit. Answering questions from global warming to the conservation of endangered animals and GM foods, this is an excellent online teaching and news resource for children.
http://mathcurve.com   A French site, produced by Robert Ferreol,  that provides a whole lot of mathematical information.  To quote Alex Low, who posted it to the list:
Going up a level or following some of the links reveals a vast site describing just about every 2D and 3D geometric shape you could think of (and more such as fractals etc); there seem to be full mathematical
descriptions of everything, but more importantly there are:

excellent pictures
simple animations
examples from nature
even reference to Escher prints
I particularly liked the elliptical billiard table with a hole at the focus.

The descriptions are all in French but it matters little. The mathematical terms are easy enough to decipher if that's what you're after and its the pictures that count. If you're in need of a laugh you could probably put the
text through a translator.
Australasian Science   To quote Toby Fiander, who posted it to the list on 31/8/2002
I received the September issue of Australasian Science during the week and have just opened it to see articles on Stem Cells (about 12pp in all), Coral Bleaching on the GBR and a couple of related articles, the fossil finds on the Nullarbor, two articles on nuclear history and politics, some guff on the garrotting of CSIRO and a whole lot of other most interesting stuff, including a star chart for the southern sky.... might be the best issue yet.
The Centre for Alternative Technology in mid-Wales, at an old slate quarry near Machynlleth.  Definitely worth a visit when you are in those parts, or failing that, take their virtual tour.  http://www.cat.org.uk/ will get you in reach.
Peter Macinnis recommends it -"Note for civilised people -- you can also read about it in Welsh!"
Celestia   Ian Musgrave was highly enthusiastic of this solar system simulator "...not only is it a great toy, but it is also Astronomically accurate, so it is great for teaching (see the lesson plan at the shatters site for an actual example), and following current astronomical events.  I plan to use it as an adjunct to my skywatch site to illustrate some aspects of astronomy."
Mathematical models using  Lego - would you believe a Klein bottle?   Also  some ingenious gearings on this site - and a few Dilbert models, just to show what you can do with a superabundance of time and the little plastic block.

Local Earth Science news - "This site is designed to allow researchers, research groups and organisations to publicise recent work, achievements or earth science related events such as conferences."  In a letter from Dr Tim Rawlings, forwarded by Peter Macinnis, he wrote "Recently I have been trying to make our website's content more dynamic and  appealing to a general audience by including Australian earth science  related news items.  Unfortunately I found that the only earth science  related news feeds available on the web were very strongly biased toward a  North American audience.  As a result I have put together a website that  provides an Australian Earth Science News Feed."

The Museum of Unworkable Devices  - Paul Ferris was quite right when he said "This site is both entertaining and educational. "


Speculation
- sci-fi today, sci-fact tomorrow?



Weirdness
- dee dah dah dah

Blue Skin - "He looked just like a Smurf."  That blue!!!  - silver poisoning, argyria, genetically inherited blueness, medical.
Velikovsky's Predictions
Red Mercury - the "secret Russian explosive, more powerful than nuclear bombs", and motive force in  the book "Ancient Traces"
Floods and Fossils on Mars - Hoagland's "Monuments Of Mars"  in the thread "Water on Mars"
Electric Sun
Death-Dealing Toilet Spiders - an old hoax updated