Rebecca Watson

Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor. Twitter @rebeccawatson Mastodon mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson Instagram @actuallyrebeccawatson TikTok @actuallyrebeccawatson YouTube @rebeccawatson BlueSky @rebeccawatson.bsky.social
  • PROFANITY! And COTW.

    Before I get to the Comment o’ the Week, I’d like to point out that late last night I was on Marc Germaine’s Talk Radio One show, which streams live online and is then archived for your listening pleasure. I was on my best behavior for the first ten minutes or so (I think), and then at some point Marc…

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  • Tim Minchin’s “Storm”

    Now in deliciously high quality, courtesy of Tim Himself. YouTube link

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  • Bostonist, The Globe, and Acupuncture for Sparky

    As I intimated at Boston Skeptics in the Pub Monday night, I have formed an unholy alliance with popular blog Bostonist. Mwa ha ha! My articles there will be just like those on Skepchick, but with a decidedly local focus and perhaps a bit edited. My first contribution is now live: Globe Misses the Point of Pet Acupuncture. Go! Read…

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  • …In Which I Am Reminded I Live in a Bubble

    I have rather expansive tastes in the media I consume, so my Google Reader includes many science and skeptic blogs, a few newspapers, a dozen webcomics, some music blogs, and some random fluff like Gawker, a site that sometimes keeps me up-to-date on what’s going on pop culture and sometimes baffles me with idiotic coverage of people like Julia Allison…

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  • Boston Skeptics in the Pub: TONIGHT!

    Just a reminder, skeptical New Englanders: come out to Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square tonight to hear Dr. Andreas Mershin discuss quantum quackery in a talk titled: Quantum Brain? He tells me the question mark is part of the title and very important, so please note it. Here’s the Facebook page if you’d like to RSVP, and here’s the info…

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  • Was There a UFO at Obama’s Inauguration? No, You Ignorant Hick

    People of the Southern US, prepare to once again be ashamed of your delightful drawl and slightly backwards education system.* Some poor, credulous redneck saw a gnat flying through a CNN broadcast of Barack Obama’s inauguration, naturally assumed it was aliens visiting the planet Earth “military security technology,”** and quickly uploaded the video to YouTube complete with his delightful color…

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  • Little Atoms, Today/Tonight!

    Just a quick update to let you know that I’ll be on the Little Atoms radio show tonight at 7pm GMT, which for my east coast US friends is 2pm. I’ll first be getting sauced with Tim Minchin, and then interviewing him on the air, and then getting even saucier. You can listen LIVE! at littleatoms.com (click the “MP3 Listen”…

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  • BREAKING NEWS: The Psychics Here Are Also Really Stupid

    Greetings from London! I apologize for the infrequency of my updates here on Skepchick and on Twitter, but life has been full of wonderful business. Monday night was London Skeptics in the Pub, where I gave a talk called Women’s Intuition and Other Fairytales. I was really, really sick for the days leading up to the talk, and that day…

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