“Fly me to the moon… Ok.” | Vol. 4 / No 18.2
Because you can’t not post about people paying Elon Musk for a private flight around the Moon.
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Month: February 2017
Why Isn’t Pluto A Planet? A Matter Of Preference. | Vol. 4 / No. 18.1
In which your options are either eight (possibly 9) planets or over 110 and counting.
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Germ-Line Editing, 2nd-Gen Formula-E, and Cheaper IVF | Vol. 4 / No. 18
In the news we’ve got a tentative green light from NASEM on editing the human germ line, a new breed of electric race cars coming next year, and a cheaper (but still effective) kind of in-vitro fertilization. It’s the news roundup for Sunday, February 26, 2017!
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Putting Glue on My *What* Now? | Vol. 4 / No. 17.5
Sometimes, I use Feminist Friday to talk about hard-hitting issues, large political quagmires, and major problems in gender representation. Sometimes I use Feminist Friday to laugh hysterically about things, like a chiropractor who wants to sell a glue/lipstick to seal in menstrual blood. Guess which one this week is going to be?
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TRAPPIST-1 | Vol. 4 / No. 17.4
Things are so exciting in the field of exoplanet discovery these days, and yesterday they just got even more so.
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Homeopathy Is Dangerous | Vol. 4 / No. 17.3
Deadly Nightshade: Do Not Eat | Photo: Joan Simon, CC BY-SA 2.0 I’ve written on here before about the insanity of even the basic concept behind homeopathy — the magical thinking that suggests infinitesimal amounts of often very […]
The Next Wave Of Batteries Is Coming. Soon. | Vol. 4 / No. 17.2
If there’s one thing I love, it’s good news. So today as I was catching up on my podcasts while doing chores (Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe goes great with kneading dough, folding laundry, and doing dishes) I got around to listening to Science Friday’s multi-segment feature on new battery technologies. And boy am I excited.
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Sweigart Report: Freakin’ Frequency Generators | Vol. 4 / No. 17.1
The summer before college, I worked for some family friends who bought into the woo. One of them had cancer, in the form of a baseball sized tumor on their neck. They eschewed conventional medicine […]
A Launch From 39A, A Planet-Sized Telescope, and A Movement to Save Data | Vol. 4 / No. 17
This week we have stories about the first launch from Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A since 2011, a black-hole gazing telescope literally the size of the planet, and yet another team of intrepid data savers, trying to protect the future of American science. It’s the roundup for February 19, 2017!
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Taking Things Into Your Own Hands | Vol. 4 / No. 16.5
This week, Elle has a suggestion for a new bill, in light of the ongoing attacks on women’s bodily autonomy in America. Because turnabout is still fair play, right?
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