Alison Campbell • Jan 06, 2012 •
I was reading Andy Lewis's Quackometer blog while eating lunch & came across a reference to a homepathic preparation of Tyrannosaurus rex. Hoho, I thought, you are joking; please pull the other one. And then (being of curious persuasion &... Read More
Alison Campbell • Jan 04, 2012 •
Via one of Orac's commenters I happened on a webpage of this name. The page's author is a hypnotherapist who describes his work as involving taking patients into their past lives ('regressions') and future lives ('progressions'). Hence, I suppose, the... Read More
Alison Campbell • Dec 20, 2011 •
The following post is an article that I originally wrote for the New Zealand Science Teacher journal (the official journal of the New Zealand Association of Science Educators), and is reproduced here by kind permission of the editor.We live in... Read More
Alison Campbell • Dec 14, 2011 •
Over at Orac's place, one of his commenters mentioned the therapeutic use of didgeridoos for various health issues. Surely this is a joke, I thought - but no: it seems that didgeridoo sound therapy is indeed alive and well... ... Read More
Alison Campbell • Dec 12, 2011 •
While lurking over at Riddled (by doubt, insecurity and what appears to be a type of marine worm)** I was introduced to a journal article on in-flight metabolism in birds.More specifically, to the idea that melanin in the pecten -... Read More
Alison Campbell • Dec 07, 2011 •
As Grant said earlier, there is a rich mine of potential posts in this particular website... This time, let's review its author's take on the phylogenetic relationship between Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes.We are indeed linked to chimpanzees – by... Read More
Alison Campbell • Dec 05, 2011 •
Via ResearchBlogging I found a post with the eye-catching title of Circumcision, preventing fraud, and icky toilets. What an odd juxtaposition, I thought. Darn good post, though! ... Read More
Alison Campbell • Nov 13, 2011 •
In my last post on a 'creationist biology curriculum' I asked the question: what, exactly, do they teach? Over on the Sciblogs site (where this blog is syndicated), a commenter answered by pointing me at another school's curriculum. As I... Read More
Alison Campbell • Nov 02, 2011 •
Years ago, when my old dog Bella was still alive, I was the happy recipient of several doggy haiku verses. One of them read:The cat is not all bad./She fills the litter box/with tootsie rolls.I was reminded of this when... Read More
Alison Campbell • Sep 10, 2011 •
I've just finished writing & delivering a new set of lectures; next week we're moving back into what is - for me anyway! - more familiar territory. At the same time I've been reading Therese Huston's book Teaching what you... Read More