Oh, it is so on.
I didn’t want to have to do this. I have always felt lucky to get along with a lot of really smart and interesting people. I make an effort to check in with countless skeptical blogs, forums, individuals, and organizations on a regular basis, and I hate to play favorites. That’s why when I noticed that the annual Weblog awards included two of my favorite science blogs, I hesitated to e... »
Skeptics’ Circle, and armpit hair.
Holy mackeral, over on Autism Street they’ve managed to perform an amazing feat of conjuring, contacting Harry Houdini from beyond the grave to deliver the 49th Skeptics’ Circle! Even more amazing is that the world’s greatest ex-living escape artist is himself channeling the still-alive David Letterman! Insanity! The current crop of bloggy goodness is listed pub-med-style and inc... »
Marrrrrs, the pirate planet.
No time to post, so I’ll just say that NASA is announcing the discovery of evidence for recent water running on Mars (LOTS). Catch the action here. »
Richard Leakey: Kicking ass, taking names.
A recent article by Kendrick Frazier published in Skeptical Inquirer mentions a fight brewing in Kenya over the display of some of the most important archaeological finds of the past century showing human evolution through the fossils of our hominid ancestors. The National Museums of Kenya is about to reopen after 18 months of renovations, and the local religious whackjobs are trying to confine th... »
Pseudoscience for the kiddies.
You know how I feel about homeopathy, right? If not, read this and come back. We’ll wait. Okay, got it? So, reader JT sent me this article in the Scottish Herald titled Homeopathic medicine “not good” for children. It has a very good, skeptical slant with plenty of quotes from real physicians stating that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo. Ordinarily when I consider the h... »
Sylvia Browne Snippet #2
WOMAN: Hi Sylvia. I have a brother who was murdered, do you know who did it? (Audience laughter, which I’m assuming is merely the result of a shock of hearing something so bold and not because they think murder is funny) WOMAN: It was horrible, do you know a name or anything that they . . . ? SYLVIA: Honey, I can’t do that here, that’s too open you can . . . I’ll tell you w... »
