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Bad Astronomy

I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.

  • Science Getaways: T- 4 months

  • - May 16, 2012 1:34 PM
  • Prairie Light: Alberta Aurora

  • - May 16, 2012 10:57 AM
  • The long reach of the Centaur's dark heart

  • - May 16, 2012 7:21 AM
 

80beats

80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics.

  • North American Fish Populations Slowly Crawling Back From Disaster, NOAA Report Shows

  • - May 16, 2012 2:15 PM
  • Trapped in Amber, the Oldest Evidence of Pollination

  • - May 16, 2012 10:54 AM
  • To Disinfect Water Cheaply, Just Add Sunlight (and Salt or Lime Juice)

  • - May 16, 2012 10:41 AM
 

Not Exactly Rocket Science

Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required.

  • As oxygen filled the world, life’s universal clock began to tick

  • - May 16, 2012 1:00 PM
  • My new story on psychology’s problem with replications

  • - May 16, 2012 12:23 PM
  • Sleeper viruses explain why HIV evolves more slowly between people than within them

  • - May 15, 2012 7:00 PM
 

The Crux

Bright ideas about important, timely issues in science and technology.

  • Freedom From Fungus: Why Don't Humans Have Chestnut-Style Blights and White Nose-Style Syndromes?

  • - May 16, 2012 12:59 PM
  • Is the Purpose of Sleep to Let Our Brains "Defragment," Like a Hard Drive?

  • - May 14, 2012 12:42 PM
  • Youth, Regret, and the Pain of Possibilities Lost

  • - May 9, 2012 11:05 AM
 

Discoblog

Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe.

  • NCBI ROFL: The flaming gypsy skirt injury.

  • - May 15, 2012 7:00 PM
  • NCBI ROFL: The chemistry of pig sh*t.

  • - May 14, 2012 7:00 PM
  • Smart Seaweed Uses Laws of Fluid Dynamics to Survive Big Waves

  • - May 14, 2012 2:23 PM
 

Gene Expression

Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices

  • Genes are overrated, genetics is underrated

  • - May 16, 2012 12:53 AM
  • Abraham's genetic threads

  • - May 15, 2012 11:46 PM
  • It doesn't always get "better"

  • - May 15, 2012 10:28 PM
 

The Loom

A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer.

  • Tapeworms in the brain: Fearfully common

  • - May 15, 2012 5:29 PM
  • Lost voyages to the North Pole and more: Catching up with Download the Universe

  • - May 14, 2012 11:37 AM
  • Scanning man's best friend

  • - May 11, 2012 6:26 PM
 

Visual Science

Coherence Bar scours the known world for the most striking and surprising images at the overlap of science and art.

  • In Search of the World's Oldest Trees

  • - May 7, 2012 9:33 PM
  • Jets Flying Right Over Your Head, Frozen in Time

  • - April 26, 2012 8:00 AM
  • Kodak's Cold War-Era, Pink-Saturated, Camouflage-Detecting Film

  • - April 20, 2012 12:15 PM
 

Cosmic Variance

Random samplings from a universe of ideas.

  • Higgs Ripples in the Koi Pond

  • - May 10, 2012 10:31 AM
  • Dark Matter vs. Modified Gravity: A Trialogue

  • - May 9, 2012 9:44 AM
  • The Case for Naturalism

  • - May 7, 2012 9:03 AM
 

The Intersection

Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled.

  • New Blog URL For The Intersection

  • - September 27, 2011 7:53 AM
  • The Intersection Has Officially Moved to Science Progress

  • - September 15, 2011 9:42 AM
  • Facts Don't Persuade Climate Skeptics--So What Does?

  • - September 14, 2011 10:54 AM
 

Science Not Fiction

The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games.

  • The Geek Rapture and Other Musings of William Gibson

  • - October 17, 2011 1:02 AM
  • What Would Humanity Be Like Without Aging?

  • - September 9, 2011 9:50 AM
  • The Human Future Remains Unchosen: An Exegesis of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

  • - September 1, 2011 12:32 PM
 




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