Big Picture Science – They’re Baack: Phil Plait

Can't get enough Seth? Well, if seeking professional help doesn't work, try perusing this trove of Seth's writings:

"Alien satellites might offer a new way to find E.T.," NBC News, March 19, 2018.

"Scientists say space aliens could hack our planet," NBC News, February 21, 2018.

"Phoning Home: Is Intellligent Alien Life Really Out There?," Futurism, January 31, 2018.

"10 top science minds tell what strange new body part they'd like to have: Seth Shostak: Better Color Vision," NBC News, January 28, 2018.

"Simple math shows how many space aliens may be out there," NBC News, January 26, 2018.

"UFO believers got one thing right. Here's what they get wrong." NBC News, January 3, 2018.

Want yet more Seth? Check out this lengthy collection of his writings at seti.org!

December 2019:
Handling the Holidays (12/23/19)
Waste Not (12/16/19)
Shell on Earth (12/09/19)
Yule Like This (12/02/19)
November 2019:
Skeptic Check:
Betting on Pseudoscience (11/25/19)
Stopping Ebola (11/18/19)
Radical Cosmology (11/11/19)
Supercomputer Showdown (11/04/19)
October 2019:
Skeptic Check:
Rational Lampoon (10/28/19)
Nobel Efforts (10/21/19)
Go With the Flow (10/14/19)
Battling Bacteria (10/07/19)
September 2019:
Headed For Trouble (9/30/19)
Keeping Humans in the Loop (9/23/19)
Rip Van Winkle Worm (9/16/19)
For Good Measure (9/09/19)
Skeptic Check:
Data Bias (9/02/19)
August 2019:
Skeptic Check:
Brain Gain (8/19/19)
True Grit (8/19/19)
Granting Immunity (8/12/19)
Sci-Fi From the Future (8/5/19)
July 2019:
Skeptic Check:
Flat Earth (7/29/19)
Let's Stick Together (7/22/19)
Math's Paths (7/15/19)
DNA is Not Destiny (7/8/19)
Nailing the Moon Landing (7/1/19)
June 2019:
Animals Like Us (6/24/19)
You've Got Whale (6/17/19)
It's Habitable Forming (6/10/19)
Creature Discomforts (6/3/19)
May 2019:
Skeptic Check:
Worrier Mentality (5/27/19)
New Water Worlds (5/20/19)
Is Life Inevitable? (5/13/19)
Rethinking Chernobyl (5/6/19)
April 2019:
Identity Crisis (4/29/19)
Gained in Translation (4/22/19)
Free Range Dinosaurs (4/15/19)
Go With the Flow (4/8/19)
DecodeHer (4/1/19)
March 2019:
You Are Exposed (3/25/19)
Skeptic Check:
Political Scientist (3/18/19)
Hawkingravity (3/11/19)
High Moon (3/4/19)
February 2019:
We Are VR (2/25/19)
Radical Cosmology (2/18/19)
Keeping Humans in the Loop (2/11/19)
Skeptic Check:
Astrology Ascending (2/4/19)
January 2019:
Meet Your Robot Barista (1/28/19)
Rip Van Winkle Worm (1/21/19)
True Grit (1/14/19)
Sci-Fi From the Future (1/7/19)

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