Proving once again that scientists are totally awesome, researchers discover first tremors of the big bang, proving, among other things, that the earth is more than 6,000 years old… A few days ago word came out that a scientific discovery of enormous magnitude had been made, and today we know what it was. Scientists studying […]
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St. Patrick’s Day is stupid… Today should be Make Out with a Scientist Day
Posted in Science, Uncategorized Also tagged Andrei Linde, anti-science, anti-vaccination, astrophysics, Chao-Lin Kuo, cosmic inflation, creationism, Dick Crane, Jenny McCarthy, Make Out with a Scientist Day, Nobel Prize, physics, St. Patrick's Day, Stanford, vaccines, Young Earth Creationism 71 Comments
Turning our backs on space, and ending the American century
With tomorrow’s launch of the Space Shuttle, the age of manned space exploration, after more than 50 years, will officially draw to a close in America. It’s a sad day, and I think that it speaks volumes concerning where we are as a country. The optimism that we once had as a nation is gone. […]
Posted in Education, Science Also tagged Afghanistan, anti-intellectualism, budget cuts, creationism, dumbing down of America, Gene Cernan, Iraq, James Webb Space Telescope, JFK, Jim Lovell, John F. Kennedy, NASA, Neil Armstrong, putting a man on the moon, research funding, space race, tax the rich, Whitey on the Moon 16 Comments