Big Picture Science – Superstition: Phil Plait

The World Next Door

If it’s for real, it’s the closest planet beyond our solar system. The closest planet in outer space. Astronomers using a telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have announced the discovery of a world... (read more)

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Huffington Post articles
Latest Book
Essays
TV & Radio
Lectures and Panels

And if that's not enough, there's always this popular item from his film making past: The Turkey That Ate St. Louis

September 2016:
Sex Post Facto (09/19/16)
The Evolution of Evolution (09/12/16)
Asteroids (09/05/16)
August 2016:
DIY Diagnosis (08/29/16)
They Know Who You Are (08/22/16)
Are We Over the Moon? (08/15/16)
Skeptic Check:
After the Hereafter (08/08/16)
On Defense (08/01/16)
July 2016:
Musical Universe (07/25/16)
Raising the Minimum Age (07/18/16)
Microbes: Resistance is Futile (07/11/16)
Science Fiction True (07/04/16)
June 2016:
Skeptic Check
The Me in Measels (06/27/16)
Elements Never Forget (06/20/16)
Surviving the Anthropocene (06/13/16)
How To Talk To Aliens (06/06/16)
May 2016:
Caught in a Traps (05/30/16)
Skeptic Check:
Busting Myths with Adam Savage (05/23/16)
Science Fiction (05/16/16)
Shocking Ideas (05/09/16)
Living Computers (05/02/16)
April 2016:
Skeptic Check:
Your Inner Lab Coat (04/25/16)
Moving Right Along (04/18/16)
Surfeit of the Vitalest (04/11/16)
Tale of the Distribution (04/04/16)
March 2016:
Skeptic Check:
How Low Can You Go (03/28/16)
Gene-y in a Bottle (03/21/16)
Who’s Controlling Whom? (03/14/16)
Land on the Run (03/07/16)
February 2016:
The Crater Good (02/29/16)
Eve of Disruption (02/22/16)
With All Our Mites (02/15/16)
100% Invisible (02/08/16)
Skeptic Check:
Glutenous Maximus (02/01/16)
January 2016:
Replace What Ails You (01/25/16)
Winging It (01/18/16)
Apt to Adapt (01/11/16)
Stellar Job (01/04/16)
December 2015:
You Think; You’re So Smart? (12/28/15)
Skeptic Check: Fear Itself (12/21/15)
Look Who's Not Talking (12/14/15)
Cosmic Conundra (12/07/15)
November 2015:
Happily Confused (11/30/15)
Climate Conversation (11/23/15)
Skeptic Check:
Paleo Diet (11/16/15)
Thinking About Thinking (11/09/15)
Going All To Species (11/02/15)
October 2015:
Skeptic Check:
Check the Skeptics (10/26/15)
Smiley Virus (10/19/15)
Space For Everyone (10/12/15)
Martian Madness (10/05/15)

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