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Herb Masters
21 April 2025

Greetings Science Fans, Supporters, and Geeks,
It's been 250 years since Paul Revere announced that the British were coming. It seems odd to claim something literally but, science has been the base of many core beliefs in this country since before its inception. Ten Things About Benjamin Rush These days I am constantly stunned by how science has been and is being rejected these days. Consider this...
Herb Masters Greetings Science Fans, There are so many cool things going on these days, it's hard to imagine. Yesterday I went to Magnifed at the explOratorium. (You may know that I have a soft spot for the explO and almost any institution that is
Hello again science fans, Lumelang hape barati ba mahlale, SCIENCE More than a million people participated in over 1400 “Hands Off” protests Saturday. I joined the protesters at the intersection of San Pablo Dam Road and Appian Way in El Sobrant
Hello again, science fans, Di nuovo ciao a tutti, appassionati di scienza, Bob Siederer Hello again Science fans! June 5, 2024 was the day Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left Earth on their way to a planned, 8 day visit to the International Space Station. Due to
¿Have you seen our latest BAS Skeptalk? It covers the most impactful research happening today in scientific skepticism and is a MUST WATCH for anyone interested in changing minds. I’ve been waiting for this talk for months and it did not disappoint. The talk is available here: https://bit.ly/BASpenn A common skeptical goal to change minds to broaden a belief in science, evidence, and critical thinking. Sadly, we haven’t had much success in this (as proven by the current state of conspiratorial belief in society), we have much work to do here. Right now, social media algorithms are pushing people to consume progressively mor
Herb Masters Greetings Supporters of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking, Well here we are again. I don't know about you but I haven't found much to cheer about how things have changed for our institutions of science. I have to admit to doing way too much doomscrolling. Here’s an example of science, war, and poli
Josh Rosenau Texas is currently experiencing an historic measles outbreak, including the first measles death in the US in a decade. The virus is remarkably effective at surviving in the air and on surfaces, and at infecting unprotected people. For years, skeptics and public health experts have warned about the risks of declining vaccination rates, worrying about the likelihood of outbreaks just like this. Measles vaccination in particular depends on the presence of extremely high rates of vaccination in the public. The virus spreads so easily between unvaccinated people that suppressing an outbreak requires populations to have vaccination rates of at least 95%. Tha
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Hello again, fans of science,
The Science Challenge at the SciSchmooze
It's time to stand up and speak out!
14 April 2025
SciSchmoozing By Reality, Not By Decree
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Pole to Pole with the SciSchmooze
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24 March 2025
¿Does Evidence Actually Change Minds?
Looking up, down, and inward with the SciSchmooze
17 March 2025
Are you there Cod? It’s Measles, Mumps and Rubella!
12 March 2025
It’s Science. Celebrate and Defend It!
SciSchmooze it too!
herb masters
11 March 2025
Stand Up for the SciSchmooze
“nuqneH, QeD parmaq,” (I found no data on how many Klingons are in the Bay Area.)