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Science
Monday – March 18, 2019
The Healing Power of Irish Soil May Help Fight Superbugs
The bacteria in the experiment killed four out of the top six organisms that are resistant to antibiotics, including MRSA. “It’s quite …
Categories Environmental Medicine Science Unexpected
How Plastic from Clothing Gets into Seafood
Microfibers, used to make things like yoga pants, are the ocean’s tiniest problem.
Categories Corporations Dystopia Environmental Interesting Science
Wednesday – February 6, 2019
‘It Will Take Off Like a Wildfire’: The Unique Dangers of the Washington State Measles Outbreak
Measles outbreaks have sprung up in nine other states this winter, but officials are particularly alarmed about the one in Clark County …
Saturday – February 2, 2019
Breakfast Is a Lie
The BMJ, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published a review of 13 controlled trials this week that determined breakfast “might not be a …
Categories Corporations Fact Check Food Interesting Science
Wednesday – January 30, 2019
Anti-Vaxxer Asks For Measles Protection Advice And The Internet Delivers
An anti-vaxxer mom in Washington recently asked a Facebook group called the Vaccine Education Network how she could protect her unvaccinated three-year-old …
Trump Demanded That NASA Fly a Manned Mission to Mars by 2020
“Well, I think we want to do it in my first term or at worst in my second term,” Trump said. “So …
Monday – January 21, 2019
And Here’s Big-Brain Donny With the Weather
Sweet Mother of God – Would You Look at Our Big-Brained “Leader”
Thursday – January 17, 2019
This Is Why MLMs Get Called Cults
Are MLMs a cult? Multi-Level Marketing schemes like Lularoe, Young Living Essential Oils, Doterra, Kyani, Herbalife, and Amway are scams for sure, …
Categories Fact Check Interesting Science Thinking Videos
Saturday – January 12, 2019
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in space? Does space smell …
Categories Fact Check Science Space Videos
Tuesday – January 8, 2019
Link Between Brain Damage and Religious Fundamentalism Established
A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia has shown that religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known …
Categories Interesting Religion Science Thinking
Sunday – January 6, 2019
The Problem with Chiropractors
Joe Rogan discusses the problems with going to chiropractors with Yvette d’Entremont. Pretty much nails it. MOST Chiropractors mean well, but Science …
Categories Fact Check Interesting Interview Science Thinking
Astronaut Accidentally Dialed 911 From the International Space Station
Having hung up before explaining the potential emergency, the dispatcher had no other alternative then to send a sheriff out to investigate.
Categories Science Space Unexpected
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Joe Rogan
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator.
Categories Interesting Interview Science Thinking Videos
Thursday – December 27, 2018
All the Incredible Stuff Happening in Space in 2019
From mysterious Kuiper Belt objects and Martian probes to historic rocket launches and daring efforts to touch the Sun, here’s what the …
Categories Science
Tuesday – December 25, 2018
Paul Stamets on Joe Rogan – Mushrooms
Amazing interview. Paul Stamets is a mycologist, author and advocate of bioremediation and medicinal fungi. Check out https://www.youtube.com/paulstamets