Hi and SkepLit update
Hi All, I’m very happy to be able to join in on the blog and post about books. I am excited about the new system Rebecca is putting into place. I think it will make the book club more dynamic, because I’ll be able to post reviews and interviews more often and we’ll be able to discuss things right in the blog. I’ll keep the SkepLit forum going, too, until I figure out how ma... »
Change a-coming!
Good news, everyone! Skepchick.org is about to get approximately 80% awesomer. If you’ll recall last summer I ducked out of the country for a few weeks until the investigation blew over for vacation, and a few blindingly intelligent and interesting skepchicks stepped up to keep the blog going. Well, the response was so positive that I wanted to get them writing more often, and other skepchic... »
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... »
