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Charlie Bit My Finger (So I Am Biting Back)

What does September 11th mean to you? Although no two people see one hundred percent eye-to-eye on any given topic, I would wager that the great majority of people feel the most basic senses of sadness and loss. Stemming from sadness and loss, there bursts a plethora of emotions and feelings that cover just about [...]

STS-48 And Cryptoastronautics

We received an email recently from a listener named Spenser. It reads:

I was just sent a link to this video by a friend and since I’ve been listening to the podcast for a couple of months, I thought you guys would be able to come up with some good reasons why this is a [...]

The Crazy Rainbow Lady

Last week on the SGU we discussed the YouTube video of a woman who thinks that the rainbow effect she can see in her sprinkler is a government conspiracy. We treated the story primarily as the ravings of a scientifically illiterate woman who went-off half-cocked and made a YouTube video arrogantly displaying her ignorance to [...]

Funky History and Von Daniken-itis

Gavin Menzies says that Leonardo Da Vinci copied all his coolest ideas from the Chinese, who brought all their knowledge with them when they sent a fleet to Italy in the early 1400s.  This is the same guy who says that the Chinese discovered America in 1421 – and it was even the same fleet.  [...]

Lying Under The Blanket of Academic Freedom

I was listening to Dr. Dean Edell’s radio show last night. How awesome is Dr. Dean? He is a fantastic radio show host and a great all-around skeptic, whose baloney detector seems to always be working, flawlessly.

Dr. Dean mentioned a recent news article in which Nicholas Kollerstrom Phd, a professor of astronomy conducting research at University [...]