A Winter Solstice SciSchmooze
Herb Masters
22 December 2025
Greetings Fans, Friends, and Supporters of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking
I think I should include “Defenders of Science” in that greeting! Well here we are at the longest night of the year<
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Herb Masters
15 December 2025
Greetings Fans and Supporters of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking,
Before we go any farther, are you reading this on Sunday, 12.14.25? The weather hasn’t been friendly lately but, if you can see the sky tonight... “The 2025 Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night between December 13 and December 14. The Geminids are expected to produce about 120 meteo
The solstice is weeks away.
Herb Masters
17 November 2025
Greetings Friends and Fans of Science, Reason, and Doubt!
You will notice that our calendar is a little less full than normal. The holidays do offer some nice diversions to the rigor that scientists practice and share with us. Don’t worry though, there is plenty of science to learn about and share.
The Science Schmooze would like to know.
Greetings Fans of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking!
The old phrase, “May you live in interesting times” seems particularly resonant these days. I have been trying to keep up with a lot of things going on in the news that seem to really be based in, or the denial of, science. I’m stunned by the proliferation of sources of information and how you really need to pay attention to the point of view they look f
Herb Masters
13 October 2025
Greetings Friends of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking,
It certainly has been a weird week in news. Including science news. I want to highlight one science topic that has been mostly missed in the news. Most people heard about the Nobel Peace Prize… Sadly it overshadowed nine other people who received it for their work in science and one who received in in literature. (Side note: the Peace Prize winner actually
Herb Masters Greetings Science Fans, Critical Thinkers, and Skeptics, I hope that you managed to get in a bit of Sun Day. It is/was September 21st for two big reasons. First, because it’s the solar equinox - one of the two days of the year when all of the world gets an equal amount of sunlight, showing how the sun unites us. Second, September 21st is right before the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting, which means we have an opportunity to send a message to US and world leaders on the urgent need to accelerate and scale-up the just transition to clean ener
THE SCISCHMOOZE Herb Masters Greetings Fans of Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking, Did you see the video of the "UFO" in the last week or two? There has been a lot of chatter online about it. One of the most convincing arguments against it being a Space Sourced UFO/UAP is that any civilization capable of getting here from another star system or galaxy would certainly not be afraid of us and would allow themselves to be seen! Here's another explanation... a Hellfire missile shot from a MQ-9 Reaper drone off sc
"Yes" says this SciSchmoozer Herb Masters Greetings Science Fans, Supporters, Skeptics, and Schmoozers, As summer has progressed the question of the reality of climate change is getting challenged seems to be the standard. Here are some Signs of Climate
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It sure seems like it! Herb Masters
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