Huntsman on Science
Since I’ve given presidential candidates some crap for their demonstrated lack of integrity, I need to give credit where credit is due. Jon Huntsman, the former US Ambassador to China […]
Science
Thursday Question – Demonic or otherwise supernatural possession
For this week’s “Thursday Question” we’ll be continuing with the email I received from “Bill.” Several times I have seen the god’s representative become ‘possessed’ and speak a message for […]
Tuesday Science News – Hyenas, Revolutionary Biological Warfare, Ocean Currents, and More!
Scientists played recordings of up to three hyenas to lone female hyenas. Using different patterns, such as one repeating itself of all two or three being consecutive they were able […]
Rick Perry, Vaccines, and Treason
Last Friday I covered Romney’s lack of integrity. Today it’s Rick Perry’s turn. In 2007 Rick Perry issued an executive order that would require all girls in Texas to receive the […]
Tuesday Science News – Superdrugs, Dark Worlds, Plesiosaurs, Hypersonic Gliders, and More!
Scientists at MIT have developed a new superdrug they are calling Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer, or DRACO for short, that identifies virus infected cells and causes the cell to […]
Thursday Question – Is My Search Finished?
Last week a friend from college who asked to be identified with the pseudonym of Bill Clinton, but we’ll just call him Bill, sent me a rather lengthy email with […]
Tuesday Science News – Buckyballs, King Tut, Legos in Space, Possible Martian Water, and More!
Scientists at Kyoto University in Japan have trapped a single water molecule inside a carbon buckyball. This will allow the researches to study how water acts without any of the […]
The Atheist Test
Last week I promised that I would be “sharing” the pamphlets I picked up at the Northwest “Science” Museum. First up is “The Atheist Test.” Fortunately for us, the whole […]
A new Cosmos is coming!
If you haven’t watched Carl Sagan’s 1980 Cosmos series, you have to. It is informative, awe inspiring, and absolutely incredible. A new Cosmos series, an update and a way to […]
Accessibility
Last week there was an incredible guest post on Skepchick written by Chris “Gonz Blinko” Hofstader about disability and skepticism. In his case, he lost his vision due to retinitis […]