War of the Worldviews: appeals to beauty and destiny in an era of space exploration ISCAST fellow James Garth writes ... Two decades have passed since the day I saw a remarkable advertisement in Aviation Week. It took up a full page and featured a beautiful artist’s concept of an elegant, futuristic spaceplane. |
ISCAST fellow and Mars-man, Jonathan Clark, reports on his latest Mars simulation in The Conversation Jonathan Clarke has just returned from another mission to simulate life on Mars. This time he was on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic, where the sun never sets in the northern summer. It’s all part of a project to see what some of the challenges are, should humans one day decide to live on Mars. (Jon will be speaking at ISCAST's science, faith and apologetics conference in March 2018.) |
Testing general relativity On May 29, 1919, Einstein’s four-year-old Theory of General Relativity was put to its first test during a total solar eclipse. By measuring how the images of stars shift when the sun is close-by, and with a lot of care, you might be able to repeat this famous test from nearly 100 years ago. |
Is a popular theory of cosmic creation pseudoscience? Physicists battle over whether the theory of inflation is untestable, and hence not really scientific. |
Why String Theory is still not even wrong Physicist, mathematician and blogger Peter Woit whacks strings, multiverses, simulated universes and “fake physics.” Quote: "... physics ... surpasses even psychology in its capacity for bullshit." |
Interview with George Ellis: fine-tuning, top-down causation and moral reality What is fine-tuning? A 47 minute interview with George Ellis. |
Book Review—Beyond Matter: Why Science Needs Metaphysics John Pilbrow |
Geologist Jon Clarke braves life on Mars Prior to his 3 appearances at the 2017 World Science Festival in Brisbane, ISCAST Fellow Jon Clarke was interviewed by Emma Griffiths about his Mars experience on ABC Drive. ISCAST even gets a mention! (From 14 min on.)
The podcast of this interview is now available.
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Interview with Dr Jennifer Wiseman – Astrophysicist and Invited ISCAST Keynote Speaker in 2018
Today is International Women's Day and, while women are not overly represented in ISCAST (a challenge to remedy!), here's a sneak peak at a woman who we have invited to join us in Australia for a conference next year.
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Science cannot be an exclusive guide to reality Teaser John Pilbrow
Teaser July 2016
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