Category Archives: Science

Television review: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s long awaited sequel to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage premiered on Sunday. For those of you who have not seen it, you can watch the full episode on the website. My feelings … Continue reading →

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The new Cosmos series premiers!

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

In 1980, the great astronomer and popular science figure Carl Sagan (top) premiered the acclaimed PBS series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which introduced millions of people to the wonders of the universe for the first time. It remained the most … Continue reading →

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Bill Nye, Ken Ham, and how science works, part 2

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

In my last post, I talked about the recent debate between creationist Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum and evolutionist Bill Nye “The Science Guy”. In that post, I noted that there has been a trend … Continue reading →

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Bill Nye, Ken Ham, and how science works, part 1

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

Last week, the world saw a rare sight: a creationist debating an evolutionist in public. Bill Nye “The Science Guy” has a degree in mechanical engineering, is an agnostic, and believes in evolution. Ken Ham has degrees in environmental biology … Continue reading →

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Quality control, part 2: the sciences

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Alex R. Howe

In my last post, I discussed the implications of interconnected world of the Internet as it failed to track down the Boston bombers before traditional methods did. In this post, I discuss the broader implications as they pertain to my … Continue reading →

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