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Michele Bachmann: Vaccines cause mental retardation

Move over Jenny McCarthy.

You’ve probably heard about the HPV vaccine debate by now. Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry has been taking heat for his executive order that young women be offered Gardasil to inoculate against the virus linked to cervical cancer.

This isn’t the place to debate the wisdom of “being forced to [...]

Playing God because someone has to…

Consider this a Wednesday roundup of the most awesome variety. Open Pandora’s box, pluck the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and watch what we are doing with Promethean fires.

Fantastic Voyage?

For the first time in history, scientists have managed to create a working engine from a single molecule. Our Industrial Revolution audacity has [...]

Mabus’ Last Email To The SGU

One of the topics we did not cover on this past week’s show was the arrest of Dennis Markuse (aka Dave Mabus, aka Hebert Marxune.) Authorities in Montreal arrested him, charging him with having made death threats. Authorities have finally caught up with Mabus’ antics, which he has been getting away with for just about [...]

Cosmos 2.0

We received this email the other day from Dustin, a listener in Kentucky:

“I’m both excited and nervous about the upcoming new Cosmos miniseries. I was wondering if you and the rogues had any thoughts on this news. Any concerns, expectations…? What kinds of issues and themes do you hope to see covered in the new Cosmos miniseries? The original Cosmos was [...]

Will Bob Novella Become a Cyborg?

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of hanging with good friends, railing against the sham that is American politics, planning the next awesome SGU creative project, and discussing nanotechnology.

Among my literary interests, I am a science-fiction author, and out of the SGU family, Bob Novella and I enjoy lengthy discussions on futurism. I’ve [...]