Dear readers of the Science Fix: real life is interfering with my online life in a big way (but in a good way) and it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to write this blog in a timely fashion. I’m hoping to be able to still post a Science Fix at least a couple of times a…

I have an announcement to make: I will be a speaker at the Women In Secularism 2 conference next May in Washington DC, probably in a panel on pseudoscience, alternative medicine,…

I would like to start my blog highlighting innovations.

FEATURED VIDEO: The invisible bicycle helmet

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FEATURED IMAGE:  Strange alignment of two distant galaxies…

FEATURED VIDEO: Time lapse video of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun, June 5^th

Venus passed in front of the Sun this week for the last time until 2117.  IN this NASA HD video, Venus transit as seen in the 171 wavelength.…

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FEATURED IMAGE: The Tarantula Nebula…

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HIGHLIGHTED VIDEO: WHALE FALL.…

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: On the week of Earth Day,…

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Juvenile emperor angelfish…

Tomorrow is the first anniversary of our social networking site. I want to personally thank the many members who have contributed and continue to contribute to the science discussions. I also want to especially thank Michel, who suggested the major improvement of including visuals in the blog, and for…

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Astronomers Take a Photograph of the Youngest Supernova Right After Its Explosion. To capture this…

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PLUG OF THE WEEK: Please join our group “The Daily Cosmos” if you are interested in astrophysics, astronomy, and the wonders of our universe on the bigger side of the scale.  Check out the comment section, where you can see the most…

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HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK: Multidisciplinary science: The multidisciplinary nature of time. A great blog…

ANNOUNCEMENT: I will not be able to post a Weekly Science Fix next week, the next one will be in 2 weeks.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: World’s best optical illusion! (http://youtu.be/z9Sen1HTu5o)

Do our eyes fool us? All the time. Can we trust our…

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PLUG OF THE WEEK: Lovers of nature please join the Animal-Vegetable-Mineral group. Check out this ongoing discussion: Beautiful photographs of animals and…

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PLUG OF THE WEEK: The NAKED APE Video Thread. We are collecting here great videos from scientists…

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ASTRONOMY: Fantastic time lapse video of the Southern hemisphere ocean sky.

An amateur astronomer from Australia created this stunning time-lapse video of the night sky over the ocean. It shows clouds streaming across the sky, star-spangled heavens and the oscillations of the tide. It took Alex Cherney of Victoria, Australia a year to compile the 30…

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ASTRONOMY:  New Telescope in Chile Unveils Stunning First Images. New state-of-the-art telescope has snapped its…

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PLUG OF THE WEEK: The Critical Thinking group

It is not science, but science could not exist without critical thinking. Check out the great resources and discussions in this group, for example on logical fallacies, self-delusion, Occam's razor, etc. Please join the group and contribute if this is the sort…

This week’s special feature: Dallas Gaytheist has started a thread for members to post great photography from nature (animals, landscapes, gorgeous plants, etc. ). You MUST visit this discussion; there are dozen of beautiful, interesting, fascinating, amazing photographs in there already. And please contribute! It’s a joy for the senses and the intellect…