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On Sunday, January 7th, SpaceX launched a reusable Falcon 9 rocket with a payload that is code-named Zuma. The Zuma mission was declared to be a “total failure” but the cause remains unclear. It’s important to note that SpaceX was responsible for the launch and getting the satellite into Earth orbit, while the firm Northrop […] More
Joshua Feuerstein, who you may remember as the snowflake who got all uppity over red Starbucks cups a couple years ago, has some interesting insight into the Golden Globes last night. Joshua Feuerstein If you’re not familiar with Feuerstein, here’s a quick primer on him: Josh is an evangelical Facebook preacher who takes poorly edited […] More
The flu kills. In the 2015-2016 season, the flu killed as many as 56,000 people, and as many as 35 million were sickened by it. And with the rise of anti-vaxxers seemingly all over the place, it’s no surprise that so many needlessly fall ill each year. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported: An additional 34 […] More
Coffee can be an amazing, if not necessary, for many of us to start our days. Of course the ingredient we care most about is caffeine, which doesn’t actually “wake you up.” Because the chemical structure of caffeine is similar to that of adenosine, a chemical in your brain that makes you feel sleepy, caffeine binds […] More
Astronomers believe that nearly every galaxy, including our own Milky Way, have a black hole at their center. Ours happens to be one of many supermassive black holes that are theorized to exist. While their gravity is so intense that not even light can escape them, the effects of a black hole can be observed […] More
Look, let’s be real here. I’m not here to tell you what you should or should not do to your vagina. Your body, your choice after all. But let’s be real for a minute – there are some things that should absolutely, positively, 100% not go anywhere near your vagina, or any other orifice on […] More
First off, we can definitively say that climate change is real. It’s just not a debate. There are no “climate change skeptics,” there are denialists and then there are those who recognize that climate change is happening. Got it? Are we all on the same page now? Great. It goes without saying that it’s cold […] More
Earlier this week, the website Mormon Leaks released a document created by the Mormon Church in 1981 addressing the perilous evil that we all commonly know as “homosexuality.” The intent of the booklet was to serve as a guide for church leadership with their local congregations to, you know, fix the “gay problem” within their […] More
Your thoughts and prayers are useless. It goes without saying that tragedies like the church shooting in Texas today are horrible acts of violence that should not be happening in our society. I hope that the surviving families get the help they need and are able to carry on and create a “new normal” for […] More
Climate Change is Already Impacting Birds’ Migration Patterns According to a study published yesterday in Nature, climate change has already affected the migration patterns of some birds. Bird migration relies on photoperiod, which is the amount of daylight present. What researchers observed was that while most of the 48 species of birds kept pace with the […] More
Trump Attacks Wall Between Church And State With ‘Religious Liberty’ Order Today is the ‘National Day of Prayer’ in the US, a country where you can already pray anytime, anywhere, to any god you want already. Coincidentally, Trump signed an executive order today allowing churches to be more political. This is a direct attack on […] More
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5321981/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/466777″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] The Science Enthusiast Podcast! Just the right amount of not-a-science-podcast! It’s not the worst, but thank you for listening (and we’re sorry?)! Hosts: Natalie Newell (Skeptical Parenting) and Dan Broadbent (A Science Enthusiast)! Follow the podcast on Youtube at http://bit.ly/SciEnthusiastPodcast! Sponsor: The Maplewood, Missouri […] More
