‘CHRIST CHILD’ – OR DEVIL CHILD? STOP PRESS!! OIL PRICES PLUMMET – BOWSER BARGAINS!! What good news for motorists; now we can use as much petrol as we like. Who cares about El Nino?! We love iconography; but our images are not always accurate. We were dead wrong with their personification of that current phenomenon, […]
BOOK: Age of the Pale Horse
Age of the Pale Horse: 12th Grade Energy Resources
HIGH OCTANE H2O Energy Resources – Class 12 – Middle Lesson So, to the last Science unit of some 56 detailed by Golden Beetle Books for the 12 years of schooling – and to the beginning of their independent science journey. We’ll start with another beginning, a long time ago. “In the beginning was the […]
Age of the Pale Horse: 12th Grade Conservation
“BE WATCHFUL…” Conservation – Class 12 – Middle Lesson Rudolf Steiner was not only one of the first, but the most effective conservationist of the 20th Century. His early influences were the mystic mountain-scapes and simple nature-loving herb gatherers of his Austrian childhood. Added to this was the – at that time – atavistic ability […]
Age of the Pale Horse: 12th Grade Genetics
WHY XY? WHY NOT YX? Genetics – Class 12 – Main Lesson Nature has conducted successful genetic engineering for eons; carefully selecting qualities in living organisms which will enable survival in specific environments. Many human communities have emulated this in animal breeding, such as cattle selection. These changes to organisms are locked into the genetic […]
Age of the Pale Horse: 12th Grade Pharmacology
HEALING WATERS Pharmacology – Class 12 – Main Lesson Canberra’s bitter pill is hard to swallow Proposed new drug regulations are a pain, not a panacea, says Alan Whitehead All medicinal drugs can heal all of the sick some of the time and some of the sick all of the time – but no drug […]
Age of the Pale Horse: 12th Grade Atomic Physics
SCORPIO ASCENDING “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Atomic Physics – Class 12 – Main Lesson Harry Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, and is best remembered as the leader who presided over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. This was the most terrible single act of violence ever […]