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By Mike Lacelle, on January 15th, 2012 Ok so it hasn’t been weekly. More like annual geekery. I’m hoping this time it will stick.
SOPA/PIPA vs Scientific Debate
Want another reason to hate SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act)? Check out Los-Alamos National Laboratories post-doc researcher Michael Ham’s article about how they can be used to kill scientific [...]
By Mike Lacelle, on January 5th, 2012 We lost a great man recently in Christopher Hitchens. I know I’m a little late with posting about this but I just listened to SGU Episode 336 where the Rogues, George Hrab and Jamy Ian Swiss share their thoughts and memories of Christopher Hitchens.
The first time I heard of Hitchens was when I was running [...]
By Mike Lacelle, on August 25th, 2011 The Skeptics’ Guide has been around for over 5 years now. And there have been many funny bits and quotes. I gave an overview of the famous Monkey/Bird debate last week. And, as promised, here are some more funny SGU moments from the first two years.
Billions
Bob is known for many things, most recently [...]
By Mike Lacelle, on August 18th, 2011 It’s been a while since this has been brought up, but the most important debate in SGU history seems to have been left unresolved. Started over 5 years ago during episode 42 of the Skeptics’ Guide, the famous debate began between Steve and Perry when Steve started talking about birds and Perry famously said:
Oh [...]
By Mike Lacelle, on August 4th, 2011 My childhood summers were spent camping with my family. My grandparents, parents, aunts. uncles and cousins on my mom’s side of the family all had trailers at a campground by the South Nation River. The best days of my life were spent growing up there. Something that was never apparent to me when I was growing up [...]
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