Science Enthusiast. Atheist. Lover of cats.
There are a lot of people who try to stretch the whole “no such thing as a stupid question” phrase. Generally, I think it’s great for people to ask questions (how else are they supposed to learn?), but sometimes there are questions that are so stupid that they probably should never have been asked. This […] More
Over the weekend, Pete Davidson said what I think is probably one of the most true (the truthiest?) things that’s ever been said on late-night television. In the “Weekend Update” segment of Saturday Night Live, Davidson appeared (as himself) and discussed the litany of sexual abuse charges facing rapper R Kelly. As we posted about yesterday, […] More
After launching from historic pad 39A in Florida early last Saturday morning, SpaceX’s first of two demonstration missions has now come to a close. Crew Dragon was the first commercially-built vehicle to ever autonomously dock with the International Space Station, where it stayed for just five short days prior to returning home to complete the […] More
For one six year old boy, not being vaccinated against tetanus resulted in 2 months of intense treatments and nearly a million dollars in hospital costs in order to save his life. In a case report released by the Centers for Disease Control today, the CDC shares the story of a young boy who spent 57 […] More
This past weekend, I had the honor of being invited on a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. This was the third time I’ve had the privilege of getting access to parts of NASA facilities that are normally restricted to us civilians (with the other two being the TESS launch last […] More
A documentary that is available on Netflix is showing the ridiculousness of Flat Eathers from all around the globe. Behind the Curve shows us that Flat Earthers are nothing if not creative with their ‘logic’. After all, Flat Earthers have also said that the Earth is shaped like a donut, and used some pretty impressive mental […] More
An Australian chiropractor is under fire after a video was posted showing him holding a two-week old bay upside down then using a tool called an “activator” in part of a weird chiropractic ritual. Content warning: below there are pictures and video that some of you may find a bit disturbing. So, you know, keep […] More
According to the CBC, the father at the center of a measles outbreak in Vancouver didn’t vaccinate his children because he was afraid they could get autism. The CBC reported: In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Emmanuel Bilodeau said he and his then-wife were influenced by reports that linked the vaccine that prevents measles, mumps […] More
As of this coming Thursday, I will have lived all 35 years of my life in the state of Indiana. That about begins and ends all the positive things I can say about my state. After all, our state’s former governor also happens to be our current vice president, and during his tenure in Indiana, […] More
An eleven year old boy was arrested his school in Florida for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, because compulsory patriotism is exactly the type of thing you’d expect to find in “The Land of the Free.” The child refused to say the pledge because, as he explained to the teacher, he believes the flag […] More
Yesterday, NASA announced what most of us had been fearing since last June: that the Mars Opportunity rover is officially dead. Despite being aware of what NASA was going to say, many of us (present company included) had a strong emotional reaction to the news. I found myself questioning why so many of us felt […] More
As you may or may not know, NASA offered a challenge for anyone to build a crewed moon lander. And according to reporting from Teslarati, SpaceX is throwing their hat in the ring. NASA plans to send humans back to the surface of the moon no earlier than 2028, using a rocket that has yet-to-be assembled, […] More
