Blog Detail

Bad Astronomy Blog

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog

An astronomer's personal view on life, the Universe, and everything. Informative, funny, skeptical, and topical, it's mostly cool astronomy stuff and science in general, with a definite slant against antiscience and uncritical thinking.

Added on: May 6th, 2005
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Science Humor
Tags: science astronomy cool stuff skepticism NASA antiscience

View More Recent Posts

Coffee Kiss | The Intersection

Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 07:53 pm

Tsang Cheung Shing is the ceramic artist who created this incredible pottery installation called “Ying Yeung.” The name refers to a Chinese beverage of mixed coffee and tea and also symbolizes the mandarin duck, a metaphor for marriage and love. ...
Sick Chic: UK Hospital Gowns Get Designer Makeover | Discoblog

Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 04:24 pm

You would think this bit of news would be coming out of Paris, but Britain has moved a step ahead of the French sartorially by giving their hospital gowns a designer makeover. No more shifty, drafty paper gowns with bits of anatomy barely covered (th...
More good science in HuffPo | Bad Astronomy

Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 03:14 pm

Steve Newton of the wonderful National Center for Science Education has written another article promoting science in the Huffington Post, this time about asteroid impacts. And special bonus; he gives your loyal host here a shout-out. Specifically, he...
Happy 100, Jacques Monod | The Loom

Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 03:14 pm in microcosm: the book

The great French biologist Jacques Monod would have turned 100 today. I am personally fond of him for having said, “What is true for E. coli is true for the elephant,” but he did much more than coin lovely phrases about microbes. His work...
Botox May Deaden Not Just Nerves, But Emotions, Too | 80beats

Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 02:45 pm

Sure, Botox can banish crows feet, smooth those wrinkles, and lift those frown lines, making the client look more youthful–and somewhat expressionless. But the treatment may have effects that are more than skin deep. A new study suggests that b...
Hot Tech to Aid the Hunt for a Parking Space | Discoblog

Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 01:30 pm

How much time and energy is wasted as drivers circle around blocks and creep down streets, on the prowl for open parking spots? Burning fuel, they simmer silently in their seats, running late for work and appointments. Thankfully, technology has some...