So, I just finished watching, and being very entertained by, “The Pluto Files,” a NOVA special by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Go watch it. Seriously! I’ll wait… There was a part where Clyde Tombaugh’s son was showing off some of his…
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SciAm, You Disappoint Me
by Nicole Gugliucci • • 5 Comments
I recently subscribed to Scientific American with the intention of keeping up to date with a broad range of scientific topics, and reading their in-depth magazine articles to compliment the barrage of short news stories we get flooded with everyday.…
This weekend's tidbits…
by Nicole Gugliucci • • 0 Comments
A few fun, fantastic, and important things of note from the weekend: Duck! An asteroid is going to come whizzing by, as the Bad Astronomer points out. Okay, it’s not coming dangerously close, but astronomers are getting better at detecting…
Skepticality, cont.
by Nicole Gugliucci • • 1 Comment
So I’m continuing to work my way backwards through the Skepticality podcasts, and they are really, really interesting. Every episode features some member of the skeptics community, or some professional in a field that is (was that week) a hot…
Bow chika South Pole!
by Nicole Gugliucci • • 2 Comments
A friend sent me this story (thanks!) this morning for a good chuckle. Apparently, the last shipment to the South Pole Research Station includes a year-long supply of condoms for the scientists and staff that winter over at the base.…
Dance, monkey, dance!
by Nicole Gugliucci • • 0 Comments
Thanks to Kelly for passing this along. We don’t need to be hypnotized! http://www.newsweek.com/id/67929/page/2 Now music all day, that I can handle.
F— you, Frank!
by Nicole Gugliucci • • 0 Comments
Amusing an enlightening video by Penn & Teller on the shady business of pollsters. Look carefully for the unsuspecting citizen being caught in his own inconsistent ideas…