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The flat Earth conspiracy seems to have gained a lot of attention over the past few years. Celebrities, athletes, and laypeople using the beacon of logic and philosophical discussion – Facebook – have somehow managed to garner an ever-increasing amount of interest and attention as of late. Our favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, is no […] More
There’s no question that crystals are pretty. But the aesthetic visual pleasure is where it stops for most crystals. All too often we’ve seen “celebrity health experts” like Gwyneth Paltrow promote crystals and other forms of dangerous pseudoscience. Paltrow’s brand, Goop, has promoted products such as jade eggs (read: polished rocks) to place in your […] More
If you missed the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy yesterday, or the incredible live video of ‘Starman,’ the mannequin strapped into Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster on top of the Falcon Heavy, you can catch up on what you missed with my summary. As I wrote about before, the measure of success for this mission […] More
For those of you who watched SpaceX launch the Falcon Heavy yesterday, there’s good news, there’s great news, there’s bad news, then there’s interesting news. As I wrote about before, the measure of success for this mission was to just get the rocket off Launchpad 39A before the thing exploded, so it didn’t damage the […] More
Apparently, SpaceX is landing rockets on Earth even when it doesn’t really mean to. As I’ve written before, SpaceX re-uses its rockets to cut down the cost of spaceflight launches. To compare, it cost NASA about $450 million to launch one space shuttle mission, compared to SpaceX, who can launch the Falcon 9 for $62 […] More
For the first time ever, SpaceX did a static test fire of their Falcon Heavy rocket. Following the successful test, Elon Musk tweeted that the rocket could launch as early as next week! Falcon Heavy hold-down firing this morning was good. Generated quite a thunderhead of steam. Launching in a week or so. pic.twitter.com/npaqatbNir — […] More
As many fans of the page are aware, I started a companion group for the page called “The Science Enthusiasts” in 2015. The goal of the group was to have a small group of friends help create, refine, and direct content for the page. Like most things I’ve done on social media, it quickly grew […] More
Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council, which is a Christian conservative policy and lobbying organization based in Washington, D.C. The Family Research council supports things like “family values” and actively lobbies against equal rights for LGTBQ individuals, abortion, stem-cell research, and even pornography. Perkins was recently on a Politico podcast, and […] More
We’re just barely three weeks into 2018, and already we have weird things happening. No, I’m not talking about the government shutdown or cute penguins jumping into research boats or things exploding in the sky over Detroit. I’m talking about the ‘Tide Pod Challenge.’ The history of the Tide Pod Challenge meme is not as […] More
If you’re unfamiliar with Adam Ruins Everything, the basic premise is to debunk popular pseudoscience in an entertaining and fun manner. The show is hosted by Adam Conover, who formerly had a series on CollegeHumor.com by the same name as his show on truTV. The show is fast-paced and information-dense, and even provides citations for […] More
Last night around 8:10 Eastern time, a giant fireball lit up the sky over Michigan, and was seen as far away as Pennsylvania and Missouri. The American Meteor Society received over 355 reports of the event from seven states. For a meteor, the rock was moving rather slow, clocking in right around 28,000 miles per […] More
Rejoice, Cosmos fans! It was announced today that the Carl Sagan documentary series, Cosmos, has been approved for a second season by Fox. The show is now hosted by our favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. The new season of the show will be called Cosmos: Possible Worlds. The Verge reported: The networks made the announcement […] More
