Science Schmooze

Herb Masters
19 May 2025

Greetings Science Based Readers,

It has only been 127 days and it seems like 2 years of science under attack (democracy too), and reason as well as many other topics that I'll steer clear of here! (a quick side note: try searching for "reason under attack"). I encourage you to read "

Herb Masters
12 May 2024

Greetings Fans of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking,

Hello again, science fans. Glad to have you along with us today.
Знову вітаю, шанувальники науки. Раді, що ви сьогодні з нами.
[Ukrainian]

Hello again, science fans. Glad to have you along with us today.

Hola tu ka'atéen, aficionados ti' le ciencia. ki'imak in wóol in yantal ta wéetel bejla'e'.
[Yucatec Maya]

The Trump Administration shut down over 1,400 scientific medical research projects and public health programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. They are listed here. The Administration has ordered mass layoffs of NOAA scientists. They are closing 164 offices of the Department of the Interior. They announced that 

Starting 250 Springs ago

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... 

It's time to stand up and speak out!

Herb Masters
14 April 2025

​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,
[Sesotho is the language of Basotho who live in Lesotho, “which nobody has ever heard of” and whose imports now have a 50% tariff, the highest of any country.]

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,
[About 85,000 Bay Area residents speak Italian

Bob Siederer
24 March 2025

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