Phil Plait Explains The Meteor and Asteroid
With a meteor crashing into Russia and an asteroid coming within 17,000 miles of Earth, I asked Phil Plait to join me today on KTRS to explain the last 24 hours of astronomical headlines. Phil writes the Bad Astronomy column for Slate, and his book "Death From The...
Touring The Space Station
Here's one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile, particularly for someone who's been a fan of the manned space program since its inception. This is Suni Williams, who holds the record for longest space flight by a woman, and was most recently commander of the...
Another Victory For Vaccines
Once again, fear-mongering by anti-vaccination liars has been proven untrue by a new study shows that, despite their evidence-free warnings, the HPV vaccine does not make teenage girls promiscuous.
Astronaut Mark Kelly
Here's my conversation with astronaut Mark Kelly, commander of the Endeavour space shuttle missions, husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and author of the children's book, "Moustronaut." We talked about Mark and Gabby watching the Endeavour fly...
Todd Akin Fails Biology
Todd Akin is the conservative Missouri congressman nominated by the GOP to run against the incumbent, Democrat Clair McCaskill. Akin is an extreme abortion foe, who last year was one of the House Republicans who voted for a bill (co-sponsored by Paul Ryan) that would...
Remembering Sally Ride
Dr. Sally Ride became an American hero as the first American woman in space in 1983. After two shuttle trips and eight years with NASA, she returned to academia as a physicist and for several years concentrated on climate change. She was a role model for thousands of...
Pertussis In Boulder
I have written often, as has my friend Phil Plait, about the dangers the anti-vaccination movement has caused. Today on his blog, Phil has the sad story of how there have been more than 3 dozen cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in Boulder so far this year --...
We Stopped Dreaming
I'm about to start reading Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Space Chronicles," an anthology of essays in which he makes the case for continuing to fund (and increasing funding for) NASA and the manned space program. I saw him talk about this at The Amazing Meeting last summer,...