Did the People of Easter Island destroy their environment?
Collapse of the Easter Island civilisation because they chopped down all trees is a morality tale for us all – but did it really happen?
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Mythology
What is perhaps inevitable is that when some major event happens, conspiracy theories and myths take off. This is not unique to COVID-19, it happens with any and every major event. It might be tempting to simply roll your eyes and ignore it, but not addressing some of these myths will indeed have consequences. Take … Read more
Does Easter come from Eostre?
Does the word “Easter” derive from the name of an ancient Germanic Godess named “Eostre” or is that a modern myth?
Popular Climate Change denial Myths
Katharine Hayhoe is not only a professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, but she is also the lead author on volumes one and two of the fourth national climate assessment. This means that she will find herself being faced again and again with climate change denialism and so she … Read more
Debunking Roseanne Barr myths
Now that the dust has settled a little and the media frenzy has died down, I’d like to focus on it all by examining a few of the claims that have been tossed around within the twitter maelstrom. People tweet racist stuff all the time, so why all the focus? It is different for various … Read more
Debunking 5 common Darwin myths – #DarwinDay
Today is officially International Darwin day. No seriously, it really is, I’m not making that up, the 12th February is officially Darwin day. It was chosen because Charles Darwin was born on 12th February 1809, and so it is celebrated all around the world today. Celebrating the life and works of Charles Darwin goes right … Read more