Kavin Senapathy, March Against Myths
Several cities had Marches Against Monsanto last weekend, but in more than a dozen of them, they were met from people from March Against Myths, who were there to spread facts and debunk lies about GMOs. I support groups that fight back against anti-science and...
Your Brain Is Fine
I've had a cellphone for over two decades, and in every one of those years, I've read an alarmist story warning that, because we hold the devices up to our heads, we were all going to get brain cancer. There has never been peer-reviewed confirmation of those claims,...
Stories Out There
The Associated Press says 63% of Americans do not believe in UFOs. In reporting this at FiveThirtyEight, Walt Hickey added: Hillary Clinton is apparently not among that number, and she has promised to open up government files on UFOs if elected president. “There’s...
Space Cool
I was impressed again on Friday when SpaceX launched a Japanese satellite into geosynchronous orbit and returned its booster engine to a barge floating in the ocean. That's the second time they've done it in a month -- more proof that Elon Musk's team is changing the...
Random Thoughts
I was downtown last night, drove by The Dome, and noticed that it still has signs outside exhorting people to buy St. Louis Rams tickets. I'm sure someone will get around to taking them down any month now. I was going to write a post about Larry Wilmore’s performance...
A Remarkable Return
As someone who grew up with the US space program -- when that only meant NASA -- I was blown away by the accomplishment of Elon Musk's SpaceX crew on Friday. They sent a Falcon 9 rocket to rendezvous with the International Space Station, but even more impressively,...
Those “Facts” Are False
Larry Schwartz lists 25 things you've heard your entire life were "facts," but aren't really true. For instance: frogs give you warts, sugar makes kids hyperactive, bats are blind, lightning never strikes the same place twice, and you should drink eight glasses of...
Spit Take
I have mentioned before how much I thoroughly enjoy reading Randall Munroe's "What If?" column. The latest to put a smile on my face is his answer to a 9th-grader's question: how long would it take for a single person to fill an entire swimming pool with their own...