This week:
- Defrocking women,
- Romans in Japan,
- Super human mutants,
- Killer grass,
- Who killed the Avro Arrow?
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Topics:
Defrocking women
In recent planned changes to Canon law, the Pope is equating paedophiles with anyone who tries to ordain women priests.
Find out more:
- Vatican labels the ordination of women a ‘grave crime’ to be dealt with in the same way as sex abuse
- Nuns feel support as tension between religious women’s group and Vatican continues
Romans in Japan
A recent discovery in a 5th century Japanese tomb showed trade between Rome and Japan.
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Super human mutants
In a recent experiment, researches have discover a woman with super human vision thanks to mutated genes that causes colour-blindness in men.
Find out more:
- The Humans With Super Human Vision
- The woman with superhuman sight
- Colour Vision
- Colour blindness
- Cone photoreceptor cells
Killer grass
A recent new story has swept the internet about how apparently a genetically modified grass turned into a cow killer, really?
Find out more:
- Genetically modified grass blamed for mass cattle deaths in Texas
- 15-Year-Old Field of GM Tifton 85 Grass Suddenly Produces Cyanide; Kills Cattle
- GM grass producing cyanide gas, kills herd of cattle
- Tiflton 85
- F1 Hybrids
- Johnson Grass
- Plant Cyanide Defences
Who killed the Avro Arrow
Ethan discusses the circumstance around the demise of Canada’s famous cutting edge Avro Arrow fighter jet as well as the conspiracy theories arising out of this cancellation.
Find out more:
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative
- Arrow Digital Archives
- Diefenbaker’s Policy towards the United States
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Lockheed U-2
- Avro Arrow mystery deepens with U.K. discovery
- Avro Arrow – part of our heritage
- Why The Arrow Was Killed <Warning Conspiratorial enthusiast site including biblical prophesy>
- Fan site: THE CF105 AVRO ARROW
Avro Arrow Promotional Video 1957(?)
1997 news spot on the Avro Arrow from CBC’s The National
Skeptical Highlights:
Walk for Peace
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Walk for Peace march. In 1982, 35,000 people marched from Kitsilano to the West End calling for world peace. By 1984, the march had grown to 100,000 people. Keeping with the Humanist commitment to global peace, BC Humanist Association invites you to join them in the walk to help raise their banner and the humanist commitment to peace, respect and a civil society
When: Saturday, June 30 at Noon Where: Sunset Beach or meet up at the Sunset Grill around 11:50 am Cost: Free
Humanist Brunch for Peace?
The BC Humanist Association doesn’t want to you walk on empty stomachs, so before the march, they are planning to meet at the Sunset Grill for brunch at 10:00 am. Afterward, they will join the march which departs at noon and wraps up at 2pm at Sunset Beach for entertainment, music, and celebration.
Please RSVP if you plan to join them for brunch (so they can confirm our reservation) RSVPs close on Wednesday, June 27th.
When: Saturday, June 30 at 10:00 am Where: Sunset Grill (Yew and York Street) Cost: Whatever you order off the menu
CSICon
The Conference Dedicated to Science and Skeptical Inquiry. Put on by Skeptical Inquirer and CFI this conference takes place October 25th to 28th in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference includes speakers like PZ Myers, Eugenie Scott, the cast of the Skeptics guide to the universe and more.
Find out more here.
