But Can He Hypnotize The Ball?
Dr. Richard Wiseman (the man behind Quirkology and the Color-Changing Card Trick) has started a blog, which gives him the opportunity to explain the Amazing Bouncing Ball and how to hypnotize animals.
Death From The Skies
Dr. Phil Plait, a/k/a The Bad Astronomer, joined me on KIRO/Seattle today to talk about his new book, “Death From The Skies: These Are The Ways The World Will End.” We talked about how to keep asteroids from slamming into our planet and annihilating civilization (and whether we could just blow them up a la […]
Quirky Romance
Dr. Richard Wiseman, the man behind the “Quirkology” book and videos, is doing a new survey exploring the psychology of romance. You can take part, anonymously, here.
He’ll Phil Randi’s Shoes
That’s a shot I took with my iPhone at The Amazing Meeting in June of Dr. Phil Plait making a presentation to James Randi — a bowl full of envelopes containing messages from the 900+ attendees about how much Randi has meant to them and to skeptics everywhere. Today, the James Randi Educational Foundation announced […]
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, Still Busting Myths
I have raved about Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters” for years, and am always happy to talk to its stars, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. They joined me to promote the two-hour special they’ve done to kick off Shark Week this Sunday night. In the show, they’ll bust a few myths regarding sharks, including one they built […]
Robert Meets Sylvia
I’ve written before about Robert Lancaster, the skeptic who publishes the StopSylvia.com site about the horrid self-proclaimed psychic, Sylvia Browne. Last weekend, while Robert and I were at James Randi’s Amazing Meeting, Browne just happened to be in town doing one of her shows. Thanks to another skeptic buying tickets, Robert and his wife went […]