Why You Don’t Need 8 Glasses Of Water A Day
Adam Conover, host of “Adam Ruins Everything” on TruTV, explains…
A Cup Of Crap
After US swimmer Michael Phelps showed up at the Olympics with round purple bruises on his body, there have been a ton of stories explaining why. The short answer: he’s fallen for pseudoscientific bullshit. It’s called cupping, a technique that dates from before modern medicine in which a glass cup is heated and placed on […]
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Zack Kopplin is right that Hillary Clinton saying “I believe in science” should not be noteworthy, but it is, unfortunately. Thirty minutes into Hillary Clinton’s speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, she made a simple admission that, in 2016, should not be remarkable but somehow was. “And, I believe in science!” she exclaimed. […]
Five Things
With 100% of the precincts counted, the total number of people whose minds were changed about Hillary Clinton today comes out to exactly zero. House Republicans, of course, are furious she won’t be indicted, and are calling for an independent prosecutor to look into her e-mails. I would suggest calling Kenneth Starr, who has plenty […]
Wieger Wamelink, Making Martian Food
Wieger Wamelink is a scientist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, where he has been doing research for the Mars One project. In particular, he’s been trying to figure out if it’s possible to grow food in the Martian soil. After he published some positive results this week, I invited him to discuss them on […]
The Prayer Non-Controversy
Much was made yesterday of David Perdue, a Republican Senator from Georgia, joking about praying for President Obama’s death: “We should pray for him like Psalms 109:8 says: Let his days be few, and let another have his office.” He said those words at some get together of religious/political zealots, many of whom laughed and […]