{"id":1658,"date":"2009-12-13T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T08:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/aiiiieeee-slow-down-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2009-12-13T08:40:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T08:40:46","slug":"aiiiieeee-slow-down-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/aiiiieeee-slow-down-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Aiiiieeee! Slow down! | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, news comes pouring in to Bad Astronomy HQ, and I am but a man, so I can’t keep up (writing about Saturn’s moons and giant galactic panoramas and big weird Scandinavian spinny thingies keep me pretty busy, y’know). <\/p>

So here are some quick bits o’ interest.<\/p>

1) Dr. Harriet Hall will inject (haha!) some medical sense into Oprah<\/a><\/p>

2) You already knew this, but Rush Limbaugh is somewhat misinformed on basic matters of science and medicine<\/a>*<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>

3) Obama’s science advisor John Holdren reads a book by my Hive Overmind compatriots<\/a>!<\/p>

4) Pulsar-discoverer Jocelyn Bell-Burnell blogs<\/a>.<\/p>

5) My friend, the Aussie skeptic Richard Saunders appeared on national TV and handed an astrologer his head<\/a>.<\/p>

6) My evil twin Richard Wiseman is fun at parties<\/a>. Here’s the video:<\/p>

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OK, good. That oughta keep y’all busy while I write up my next big astronomy post. <\/p>

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In your head, you may wish to replace my description with some artfully selected words from Al Franken’s book title.<\/em>

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