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 praised someone who wanted it but didn’t get it.) The media works in funny ways sometimes.
As always there are an amazing number of opportunities to engage with and learn about Science here in the Bay Area. With that in mind I’d like to highlight a few that I think look particularly worthy of your consideration…
SETI Live: Do Aliens Speak Physics? – 10/16/2025 02:30 PM
How Stranger Things Mirrors Real-World Searches for the Paranormal – Livestream – 10/16/2025 04:00 PM
After Dark: CMYK – 10/16/2025 06:00 PM
Fall Baylands Bioblitz – 10/18/2025 09:00 AM
Green@Home Tour: Peninsula & South Bay – 10/18/2025 11:00 AM
Now… For something completely different… There are so many resources out there I decided to share some of the on-line sources I use to learn cool new things. I encourage you to look at the article I’m linking to but please explore the website and subscribe to their mail list if you are so inclined. This is just a sample of what I get daily, weekly, or monthly!
Fact Check SciCheck
Futurisim Psychiatric Facilities Are Being Bombarded by AI Users
Science Hanford set to finally lock up nuclear waste in glass
NHK Artificial Photosynthesis: A Game Changer for Clean Energy
Veritasium Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin
Guardian Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before
Skeptical Inquirer The Disturbing Attacks on Science
Common Dreams Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ ‘Fossil Fuel Insiders’ to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles
Ground News Over 85 scientists say Energy Dept. climate report lacks merit
Big Think Why “vibe physics” is the ultimate example of AI slop
AEON The puzzle of the ‘idiot savant’
PBS Shot in the Arm
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Curious Adventure Revolutionary Discovery: Scientists Achieve Unprecedented Gold Superheating at 14 Times Its Melting Point
Skeptical Inquirer The Disturbing Attacks on Science
Bad Astronomy An exoplanet hits the spot… kinda literally
Inside Climate News Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?
Symmetry Into the quantum realm
Scientific American Our Body Clock Might Prefer Permanent Standard Time
The Hill Some MAHA activists see report as missed opportunity
The Bulletin Ticking time bogs: How to save a vast archive of human history—and a vital carbon sink
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes Rethinking the Outcomes of Biomedical Research
NIST is amazing when you consider all they do and now they are shut down!
Quanta How Nature Paints With Color
If you actually made it this far, you deserve a different kind of science video… Worst Science Stock Photos Ever
Have a great week learning cool new stuff about how our universe works. It’s the only one we have!
herb masters
“Oh America, how often have you taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes…God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty,” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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