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Weekly Geekery #3

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 [...]

Hitchslapped

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 [...]

Classic SGU Bits – Billions and Bacon

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 [...]

Any Monkey Worth His Salt

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 [...]

Sungazing – The Dancing Sun

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 [...]