According to the LA Times:NASA said Wednesday that it had found no evidence that any of its astronauts ever flew while inebriated, or even showed up for work impaired, as was recently alleged by an outside investigative panel. Bull Shit. Tang is disgusting without Vodka....
Posted on August 30, 2007 2:15 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy writes eloquently on debating pseudoscientists: Debunking fringe theories is usually not trivial. For example, Richard Hoagland has been making his (mistaken) claims about Mars for literally decades. The breadth and depth of his claims is astonishing! It would take forever to debunk everything he says,...
Posted on April 4, 2007 11:24 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Via Tick Tock Talk: The IQ brain clock....
Posted on March 20, 2007 11:00 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
We all know that the full moon turns you into a werewolf or just plain stark raving mad. Well at least according to this website: The full moon is credited for a lycanthropic man's moonlight metamorphosis into a dangerous howling beast - the werewolf (in North American cultures, or a...
Posted on March 2, 2007 4:18 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Entertaining video about why the 'design' of the universe is Unintelligent.
Posted on January 7, 2007 8:52 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What would you talk about with an astronaut at the pub? (assuming you've had a few to many). Some of us New Scientist staffers were idly wondering about the universe in the pub last night - arguing about the "speed of dark" (as opposed to the speed of light) for...
Posted on December 7, 2006 11:15 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks