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Each year, in May, I have the distinct pleasure of serving as a volunteer judge for the Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair (MSSEF). The event, which takes place at MIT, is one of my favorite days of the year. I spend most of my days alone in my home office immersed in some of the…
Ann Reid NCSE is pleased to announce the addition of Ann Reid's talk "OMG Virus! Flu, Ebola, Measles, and When You Really Should Be Afraid," delivered at the SkeptiCal 2015 conference in Oakland, California, on June 6, 2015, to NCSE's YouTube channel. It's the latest of hundreds of videos freely…
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said…
Pandemics make for great drama. No TV or movie season is complete without at least one viral apocalypse—preferably involving zombies—sweeping the globe. But pandemics aren’t just science fiction. They have happened—and perhaps will happen again. (For more, see “Breakthrough: Fighting Pandemics”…
Returning to our specimen from last week, this time from a different perspective: Frankly, it still has a somewhat vertebra-like appearance, doesn’t it? Here’s a closer look at the polished surface, to help remove doubt. As you are all probably aware by now, this is not an…
Here are some of the stories that caught NCSE’s eye this week. Feel free to share articles that crossed your screen in the comment section, or e-mail us directly during the week with things that caught your eye. We’ll add the best to our weekly posts.Baby Dinosaurs Found in “The Dragon’s Tomb,”…
This week on Fossil Friday, another lovely specimen from Dan Phelps, who has again thoughtfully provided us with a sense of scale. Rather an interesting sight, right? Somewhat reminiscent of vertebrae. A couple of clues: it’s from the Late Devonian and was found in Kentucky. The first…
Last week, on National Fossil Day, our Stephanie Keep organized a twitter conversation where folks could ask paleontologists their pressing questions. It rocked, and you can find the whole thing on the #askapaleo Storify. Stephanie’s icebreaker question about the disappointingly featherless…
Do you know those questionnaires where you are presented with a statement and asked whether you (1) strongly agree, (2) agree, (3) neither agree nor disagree, (4) disagree, or (5) strongly disagree? The responses themselves are supposed to be symmetrical and balanced around the neutral position…