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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.

  • Jackolonimbus

  • - July 3, 2009 2:34 PM
  • Homeopathetic

  • - July 3, 2009 12:00 PM
  • NASA's Plan B

  • - July 3, 2009 10:15 AM
 

The Intersection

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

  • Off To NYC For Research In The Name Of Kissing

  • - July 3, 2009 12:23 PM
  • The Survey Data on Science and Religion

  • - July 3, 2009 9:30 AM
  • Just Seen in Princeton...

  • - July 2, 2009 3:21 PM
 

Cosmic Variance

Random samplings from a universe of ideas.

  • arxiv Find: The Local Density of Dark Matter

  • - July 2, 2009 11:44 AM
  • Newton, P.I.

  • - July 1, 2009 9:36 AM
  • Camp Quest UK

  • - June 29, 2009 7:46 PM
 

Discoblog

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

  • Weird Science Roundup: Invasion of the Jellyfish!

  • - July 3, 2009 10:00 AM
  • Obama Administration Is Urged to Save Giant Worm

  • - July 2, 2009 1:38 PM
  • World's Hardiest Cell Phone Survives Water Blasts, Elephant Trampling

  • - July 2, 2009 12:32 PM
 

80beats

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

  • Could Stem Cells Patch Up a Broken Heart?

  • - July 3, 2009 8:13 AM
  • Like a Wool Sweater, Scottish Sheep Shrink As Climate Heats Up

  • - July 2, 2009 5:15 PM
  • Laser Transistors Could Usher in Super-Fast "Photonic" Computers

  • - July 2, 2009 4:35 PM
 

The Loom

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

  • The Tangled Bank: "The Best"--E.O. Wilson

  • - July 2, 2009 3:29 PM
  • Radio: The Takeaway Learns to Speak Firefly

  • - June 30, 2009 12:29 AM
  • Fireflies: The Invertebrate Opera

  • - June 29, 2009 11:59 PM
 

Science Not Fiction

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

  • Built-in Superpowers: Echolocation Among the Humans

  • - July 2, 2009 12:59 PM
  • First Contact: How to Avoid Threatening to Slap the Aliens Senseless

  • - June 24, 2009 6:22 PM
  • What Are Alien Species Like? Symmetrical, Solid, and Seeing (Probably)

  • - June 19, 2009 3:41 PM
 




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