CFIC Spring Conference 2021
Welcome to CFIC’s first virtual conference. Topics include: science, secularism, science fiction, and philosophy
Tag: Science
M87 Central Galactic Black Hole Halo Photographed with Event Horizon Telescope
In 2019, scientists produced our first images of a black hole, from the Galaxy M87.
Dr. Narendra Dhabolkar: The Indian James Randi
John Varghese James “The Amazing” Randi’s death last month, after a lifetime of exposing charlatans and chicanery, raked up a seven-year-old wound I didn’t know I was carrying. In August…
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How Human Behaviour is Driving the COVID-19 Case Numbers
Sandra Dunham In my home, the dialogue about COVID-19 and the rapidly increasing case numbers follows the narrative of “Why can’t people just do the right thing? Don’t people realize…
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Myths Around the Coronavirus
Scott Douglas Jacobsen As of as of October 25, 2020, over 9.6 million Canadians have been tested for the coronavirus with over 216,000 cases, over 24,700 active cases, and 9,900…