Book Extract #2: Mythbusting: Pesticides on Fruit
People often buy “organic” fruit on the supposition that pesticides are not used during its growth. Quite apart from the …
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Off to Sydney for a few days
I’ll be in Sydney for a few days so I won’t be able to get to the Q&A. More book …
The Future of this Blog
You will have noticed there hasn’t been much activity on this blog of recent times. The reason is that I …
Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect #1
We are being repeatedly told, mostly by government agencies, that manmade CO2 emissions are responsible for dangerous global warming. Is …
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
So what is the Greenhouse Effect anyway, and what does it have to do with carbon dioxide? If you’ve ever …
Mythbusters Get it Wrong
I’ve got a lot of respect for the mythbusters. They do the kind of experiments that my old physics teacher …