Just a quick note: it’s the holiday weekend, my nephew the microbiologist is in town, and I have no clue if I’ll be around Sunday to do a live video chat or not. I’d like to, so stay tuned here and I’ll let y’all know on Saturday or sometime Sunday morning. The next coupla Sundays look good too, so there’s no rush, but I want to get back into the swing of things!
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What happened to Bad Astronomy???
If you went to BadAstronomy.com and found yourself here, never fear: the BA Blog has moved to its new home at Discover Blogs. The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too.
Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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Death from the Skies!
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-- Adam Savage, Mythbusters"Reading this book is like getting punched in the face by Carl Sagan. Frightening, but oddly exhilarating."
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July 3rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
If you do I will be there!
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Great!
:sits waitin’ for Phil to announce the vidcast:
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Hey man, no camping.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Happy July 4th (you splitters!) from Britain!
Waiting with bated breath.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Why not bring your nephew along? Maybe he’d like to answer a few microbiological questions?
Either way, Happy Independence Day!