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
  • Science & Scientology

    This is a total plug for my buddy Matt. He’s a sweet, smart, funny fellow who recently decided to follow his dream to open his own science store in his hometown of Philly. Spectrum Scientifics now has an online store as well, so I’m going to encourage you all to bookmark it and give him some love the next time…

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  • Comment o’ the Week: Smackdown Edition!

    I swear I just ate a pound of sugar and am on my 3rd cup of coffee in an hour. I’m literally buzzing, and I’m not one of those jerks who misuses the word “literally,” like, “I was literally dying with laughter. EMTs were called and at one point my heart stopped functioning.” Anyway, I’m a little on edge and…

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  • Skepchick Chat: Vegetarianism, Skepticism, and Semen

    Recently, we received this note from Michael (through our contact form!): This question I think is mainly for Rebecca, because I am only aware of her being a vegetarian from the SGU. I was recently considering becoming a vegetarian, and was wondering what sites she could recommend to start living this lifestyle. From the basic research I have done, the…

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  • Skepchick Review: Bender’s Big Score

    Futurama is always the best when it comes to getting in digs at pseudoscience while making viciously nerdy jokes. In the new movie Bender’s Big Score, not only do you get 90 minutes of awesome, but also extras like a fun math lecture titled “Bite My Shiny Metal X” and a full-length episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, which includes a…

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  • You’re Older Than You’ve Ever Been (And Now You’re Even Older)

    A few weeks ago on SGU, we talked about the recent discovery of what is possibly the world’s oldest living tree — a 9,550-year old spruce on a Swedish mountainside. We received a few letters from people who claimed their alder was elder, or whatever. (Actually, some New Zealanders were up in arms at the lack of a shout-out for…

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  • Comment o’ the Week, and Other Amusements

    It’s time once again to award the much-loved CotW Prize! This week’s winner will receive an entire week of bragging rights, though to receive this award he or she must write “I won the CotW” at the bottom of each and every post. The envelope, please. Imrryr // May 1, 2008 at 2:11 pm There’s going to be hell to…

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  • “People Evolved From Monkeys”

    We here on Skepchick understand that not every one who visits is a hardcore skeptic chock full of everything there is to know about everything. That’s why it’s important to occasionally address the basics. Today is Evolution: What to Say to a Creationist! I was going to make this a dialog between you and Reverend Jeremiah J. Pulpitbanger III, but…

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  • This Thursday is the National Day of Reason!

    Apparently Thursday, May 1, 2008 is the National Day of Prayer as designated by the United States Congress in 1952 and signed into law by Harry Truman. There’s a privately funded National Day of Prayer Task Force with a stated purpose of “encouraging participation” in the NDP, though only encouraging the participation of Christians of course since “this country was…

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