Bad Science

A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

If you are trying to build a time machine, don’t bother: even if we can design them, the universe makes it impossible for us (or anyone) to build them.

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Out Of Thin Air

Out Of Thin Air

Sadly, it seems that the device NASA really needs is a bullshit detector. And if they built one and shared it with the world’s journalists we would really have something to celebrate. 

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No Rose Without a Thorn

No Rose Without a Thorn

I am still a huge fan of open science, despite the barrage of pay-to-play spam, and would love to live in a world where all scholarly publications were freely available to anyone who wants to see t…

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Reaction Shot

Reaction Shot

As Mark Twain apparently didn’t say, a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on. And when that lie is powered by a breakthrough, NASA-approv…

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