Back from vacations

Pazot, myself and our wives have returned from our vacations so keep your eyes peeled for more articles on skepticism, humanism, politics, science, history and rationalism.

The Center for Inquiry – Check it out

The US based Center for Inquiry has the following mission statement on it’s about page: To oppose and supplant the mythological narratives of the past, and the dogmas of the present, the world needs an institution devoted to promoting science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. The Center for Inquiry is that institution. At [...]

Recommended listening – Little Atoms

For those of you who enjoy listening to Podcasts, one of the best I have come across (hat tip to pazot for this) is Little Atoms. You can visit the website for Little Atoms here. Little Atoms is a Podcast and Radio show that discusses, politics, atheism, rational thinking, science and humanism. Its impressive range of guests [...]

Italian soil reveals the lost city of Altinum

It was believed to be one of the richest cities in the Roman Empire, its name was Altinum and it sat upon the mouth of the river Silis. The port town was blessed with Amphitheaters, temples and all the modern conveniences of the Roman world. Hypocausts and Aqueducts would have provided its wealthy citizens with [...]

Welcome

Welcome to Tycho’s Elk, a new blog about politics, science, scepticism, rationalism and anything else that interests us. My areas of interest include religion, pseudoscience and superstition – the types of thinking that encourage them and the injustices done in their names. I also work in the media and am therefore interested in how related ideas are portrayed on [...]