Sarah Michell Gellar Add Voice To Pro-Vaccination In Hollywood

At the risk of being told that I can't talk about vaccinations without mentioning X, Y and Z - hey, good news! From Parade - Sarah Michelle Gellar Wants to 'Spread the Word' About Childhood Vaccinations: Sarah Michelle Gellar is on a mission to spread the word about the importance of vaccinating the entire family. The actress and mother of two is teaming up with March of Dimes and the Sounds of Pertussis campaign to raise awareness about pertussis (whooping cough), and why adults as well as … [Read more...]

Little Kitten – How To Use A Go Pro

Busy as anything. I'm taking tomorrow to get work done and get back into writing. It's long overdue. But first - when I was on holiday earlier this year, I saw a person with a Go Pro. They didn't do this with it. … [Read more...]

Buzz Aldrin and Thomas Dolby Perform “She Blinded Me With Science”

Exhausted in a happy way - check out the work of the blogging team over at http://sciencerewired.org/summit/category/blog - it's the science communication summit that I'm working at right now. More ScienceRewired goodness tomorrow, until then: … [Read more...]

Little Kitten – Lawrence Leung Looks At Reality Television

It's busy as anything time... but at least it's not reality TV in my life! Fellow co-host of the Global Atheist Convention and awesome comedian and pop-culture commentator extraordinaire has something to say about the phenomenon: … [Read more...]

NECSS Presentation – Sharon Hill With Sounds Sciencey

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New Article Out On CSICOP… And Yes, Lots Of People Support Vaccination

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Firstly, a beautiful view:   Okay, take my word for it, it's lovely. Right? Lovely, lovely. Going for a walk after this. Firstly, huge admiration to everyone who genuinely cares about stamping out anti-vaccination efforts in this country. I do too. Here's the article I wrote in 2012: Wings over the Woodford Folk Festival - Protesting by Plane with the Stop The Anti-Vaccination Network - January 25, 2012. There's even a podcast and encouragement to sign a petition. Here's the article … [Read more...]

Working On WA Day – A Before-Travel Blogpost

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What is WA Day? Here you go. Hello - I used to blog regularly and now it seems I stumble across here on my way to either podcast, post radio assignments, attend classes, try to catch up with family and friends, grade essays, write exams for classes or keep the 365 Days of Philosophy blog updated. Hello blog! I love blogging and I do feel the gap in my life when I'm not keeping my writing skills up, particularly the posts that go into research. But a few nasty hits behind my back got me … [Read more...]

Documentary Jabbed Seeks Feedback

Just landed in the email: Following the broadcast of the television documentary, 'JABBED - love, fear and vaccines' on SBS One, Sunday 26 May 2013, we seek your feedback. If you missed the documentary you can watch it, in Australia, free of charge, on the SBS website: http://www.sbs.com.au/jabbed And on Wednesday Melburnians can participate in a public forum with Sonya, Gus Nossal, Ingrid Scheffer and Jenny Royle: Backed by leading scientists in the field, including Sir Gustav Nossal, Prof … [Read more...]

Little Kitten – Patrick Stewart Gives Passionate Response to Question At Comicpalooza 2013

I have more stories about my recent adventures that have me not-blogging coming up soon - but first: … [Read more...]

Little Kitten – A Game Of StarCraft

This morning, I have: 1) Chased a mouse out of my house with the help of a naked man at 5am; 2) Did an hour of vox pop interviews only to discover that the audio didn't record; 3) Scheduled three interviews; 4) Ate one breakfast wrap and had apple juice; 5) Proposed an idea for a band interview that was perfect (for someone else to do) ...so, cheer up, we always have this: … [Read more...]