Science
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Okay, let's talk about the blue guy.
The dude who drank so much colloidal silver that his skin turned blue has just sneaked in under the wire to become my biggest in-box filler of the year (and of all time). Dozens — hundreds? — of e-mails have poured in with links to the YouTube video of this poor, deluded, future star of Broadway. So, okay, let’s chat…
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Paranormal State states case against the paranormal.
The US cable network A&E is premiering a new show called Paranormal State soon — it’s a docu-drama that follows the lives of students at Penn State’s paranormal research group, claimed on Wikipedia to be the only such college group in the country. Well, since the one at Princeton got kicked out on its can. A&E has a vile marketing…
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Gas Station Ghost-Bug
Last week on The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, we dissected a news story about a supposed “ghost” that was caught on a gas station security camera. Proving beyond a reasonable doubt that we have the raddest listeners ever, “markav28” on the SGU forum just posted this fantastic YouTube video. His rational explanation is so well-thought out, I’m nearly convinced…
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Public television for the win!
The other day I busted on public television (just a little) for being completely disconnected from reality. It’s only fair, then, that I take a moment to give WGBH and Nova props for last night’s documentary Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial. The show covered the events that took place last year in Dover, Pennsylvania, when my hero Eugenie Scott…
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Universe not fat, just big-boned.
Researchers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered that the universe may weigh 10 to 20% less than previously estimated. It all stems from X-rays astronomers thought were emanating from heavy dust and gases between galaxies, but are actually more likely coming from relatively fit and trim photons and electrons. Less matter also means that there’s less dark matter, all…
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“Mythbusters” saves lives!
No, really! Julian Shaw, the 14-year-old punk rocker who used what he had learned from TV series MythBusters to save a 54-year-old from a freight train, is being honoured as a hero by producers of the television science program. Article here. Posted by my buddy Richard Saunders on Facebook.
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"Mythbusters" saves lives!
No, really! Julian Shaw, the 14-year-old punk rocker who used what he had learned from TV series MythBusters to save a 54-year-old from a freight train, is being honoured as a hero by producers of the television science program. Article here. Posted by my buddy Richard Saunders on Facebook.
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Philly has a cool new science store!
Those of you in around Philadelphia (South Jersey, Delaware, etc.): there’s a new science store in Manayunk that you have to support. Yes, “have to,” I’m sorry, there’s just no arguing the point. Today is the grand opening of Spectrum Scientifics, located at 4403 Main St. The store is the brainchild of my good friend and (and dedicated skeptic) Matt,…
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