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
  • James Randi & Friends in the UK!

    Not every new calendar entry gets its own shout-out here on Skepchick, but those that are run by Skepchicks or their crushes certainly do. To that end, let me point out that my favorite cheeky skeptical monkey Sid Rodrigues of Skeptics in the Pub has organized a fantastic event in London this April 19: An Evening with James Randi and…

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  • Comment o’ the Week . . . and more!

    The prize this week goes to an April Fool’s Day Special, posted as the first response to that day’s Quickies: durnett // Apr 1, 2008 at 9:42 am “…a daring group of feisty young zoologists…” Sure, it’s easy to be “daring” and “feisty” when you work in a sexy field like zoology. It’s harder when you are something boring like…

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  • New Feature: Ask a Gay Guy

    It has recently come to my attention that we had a bit of a kerfuffle here on the Skepchick blog, regarding an apparently homophobic comment made by Sam in his post, “A Fool and His Monkey are Soon High-Hatted.” I read the post and the follow-up responses, and I immediately felt as though Sam’s comment was completely innocuous, and that…

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  • Friendship Update

    I’ve been storing up a lot of small update-ish sort of things, waiting to post them all at once to save you all from adding to the avalanche of posts we’ve had recently here on Skepchick. So! First of all, those of you who are fans of Mike the Mad Biologist but were unable to see his talk at Boston…

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  • Audio of PZ Myers Crashing the Expelled Teleconference

    Yesterday, the PR company hired by Expelled invited me (among many other members of the press and nontraditional media) to participate in a teleconference today with Ben Stein, Mark Malkis, and the other film makers. I was pretty annoyed at the start, since they decided that instead of an open press conference with, you know, free speech, people had to…

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  • Comment O’ The Week!

    Once again, I’m allowing our smart and sexy Skepchick commenters to take the stage. Today’s pithy post comes from a story that just absolutely begs for sarcastic retorts — Bigfoot Told Him to Do It: Expatria // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:35 pm The thing that troubles me most is that Bigfoot has always been so gentle with me. And…

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  • Bigfoot Made Him Do It

    Gene Morrill is a 57-year old man who was just convicted in Virginia of soliciting sex from a minor online. Prior to his sentencing, he defended his actions by stating that he was once molested by Bigfoot. This has prompted the world to wonder: IS IT TRUE? Luckily, crack journalist Jessica Weinstein of local ABC affiliate WJLA was on the…

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  • Expelled Exposed!

    We’ve already gone over the whole PZ Myers vs. Ben Stein bonanza, and yes, the whole thing has pretty much buried any credibility the creationists ever had (they had credibility?). But, hell, let’s keep going just in case. I’m recording the next Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe episode right now, and we just finished a great interview with my favorite…

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