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I was able to get some photos of Comet NEOWISE through my telescope. The comet will be visible for the rest of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 years ago

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Announcing INSIGHT at Skeptic.com September 17, 2014

The Skeptics Society has retired Skepticblog (while preserving all posts online at their original urls for future reference), but we’re proud to announce our bigger, better new blog: INSIGHT at Skeptic.com! Dedicated to the spirit of curiosity and grounded in scientific skepticism’s useful, investigative tradition of public service, INSIGHT continues and exp […]

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A Fond Farewell to Skepticblog September 10, 2014

Daniel Loxton shares the news that the Skeptics Society is archiving Skepticblog and preparing for the launch of an exciting new blog project.

Daniel Loxton

False Equivalence September 6, 2014

Some people say, "Oh, there's anti-science on both sides of the political aisle." But that neglects one important fact: in only ONE political party are the leadership and the party platform dominated by science denial.

Donald Prothero

A creationist mole and a sorry mess September 4, 2014

A creationist working in the CSUN Biology Department was fired for preaching creationism on the job. But there's more to the case than meets the eye….

Donald Prothero

The great Pacific garbage patch September 1, 2014

Would you believe there is a patch of trapped garbage floating in the North Pacific bigger than the state of Texas? It's called the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch".

Donald Prothero

Posts Tagged ‘award’

2012 Pigasus Awards are Here!

Posted by mattusmaximus on April 1, 2012

As is the skeptical tradition, every April Fool’s Day the James Randi Educational Foundation releases its annual Pigasus awards (so named for the notion that certain crazy ideas are to be believed “when pigs fly”). Below is James Randi himself announcing this year’s winners… or are they losers? 😉

Read more about each of these recipients and their related nonsense:

Daryl Bem

Facilitated Communication at Syracuse University

The Long-Island Medium on TLC

James Van Praagh

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