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Phil Plait writes Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog and is an astronomer, public speaker, science evangelizer, and author of Death From the Skies!  

Bad Astronomy
Dec. 15 2014 1:52 PMWhy Vaccines Are Important, ComicallyPhil Plait
Bad Astronomy
Dec. 15 2014 9:39 AMLow Vaccine Rates Lead to Disease Outbreaks in MichiganPhil Plait
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Dec. 13 2014 7:45 AMRippling Clouds Carved by a Lonely IslandPhil Plait
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Dec. 11 2014 12:03 PMNo, That’s Not a Real Photo of an Aurora From SpacePhil Plait
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Dec. 10 2014 12:11 PMGlobal Warming: It’s OK to Be Smart About ItPhil Plait
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Dec. 9 2014 10:45 AMNo, Asteroid 2014 UR 116 Is Not Going to Hit the EarthPhil Plait
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Dec. 8 2014 9:07 AMNASA Needs to Take Us to The Moon. Orion Isn't the Way to Do It.Phil Plait
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Dec. 7 2014 7:00 AMStunning Real-Time Video of the Dancing AuroraPhil Plait
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Dec. 5 2014 6:30 AMOrion, AgainPhil Plait
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Dec. 4 2014 5:30 AMWatch Orion RisePhil Plait
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Dec. 3 2014 7:00 AMNew Report Confirms Antarctica Is Melting Away Faster Every YearPhil Plait
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Dec. 2 2014 1:23 PMJapanese Asteroid Probe Set to Launch TonightPhil Plait
Bad Astronomy
Dec. 1 2014 7:00 AMSo You Wanna Buy a Telescope for the Holidays. Here’s What You Should Do.Phil Plait
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Nov. 29 2014 6:28 PMWanderers: A Stunning Short Video of Our Future in SpacePhil Plait
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Nov. 28 2014 7:00 AMBlack Friday for Nerds: Geek Gift AdvicePhil Plait
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Dec. 15 2014 11:27 AMWhen Geminid Meteors Rained Down on EarthPhil Plait
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Dec. 14 2014 7:30 AMI See the Sky Move Under My FeetPhil Plait
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Dec. 12 2014 7:30 AM10 Things You Need to Know to Watch the Geminid Meteors This WeekendPhil Plait
Bad Astronomy
Dec. 11 2014 7:30 AMIs Earth’s Water Locally Sourced?Phil Plait
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Dec. 10 2014 7:15 AMJaw-Dropping Video of Oncoming StormsPhil Plait
Bad Astronomy
Dec. 9 2014 7:00 AMRare Beast: Republican Congressman Advocates Action About Climate ChangePhil Plait
Space: The Next Generation
Dec. 8 2014 9:00 AMNASA Takes One Small Step Back Into SpaceBut is Orion really taking us in the right direction?Phil Plait
Bad Astronomy
Dec. 6 2014 7:15 AMCeres OpenerPhil Plait
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Dec. 4 2014 10:00 AMA Spiral Galaxy Writ Very, VERY LargePhil Plait
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Dec. 3 2014 12:19 PMThe Art of SciencePhil Plait
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Dec. 2 2014 4:35 PMWas Colbert Colberted by Corbett?Phil Plait
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Dec. 2 2014 7:00 AMNASA Will Test Drive Its New Space Capsule on ThursdayPhil Plait
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Nov. 30 2014 6:45 AM60 Years Ago Today, a Human Was Hit by a MeteoritePhil Plait
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Nov. 29 2014 7:00 AMGoodnight, MoonPhil Plait
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Nov. 27 2014 7:00 AMBeing Thankful for SaturnPhil Plait

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Politics
Jan. 25 2015 10:19 PM Best in Show Wisconsin’s Scott Walker outshines the competition in Iowa. John Dickerson
Democrats Assumed They Could Embarrass the GOP With Climate Science. Democrats Were Wrong.
Republican Presidential Hopefuls Are Trying to Unlock the Secret of Winning in Iowa
Did the Charlie Hebdo Murders Really Represent Something New?
The Kentucky Senator Who Beat Mitch McConnell at His Own Game
The Seven Types of Cybercriminals
#MuckReads: Bad Science, Crazy Mining Laws, and Other Horror Stories
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 23 2015 7:41 PM I Was a Flight Attendant, and I Also Thought SkyMall Was Incredibly Weird Jeff Friedrich
Uber Study Finds Driving for Uber Is Great. Uber Study Is Flawed.
Can This One Weird Trick Save Europe’s Economy?
Delta Way Oversold Two Flights of People Heading to the Sundance Film Festival
Kids’ Birthday Parties Have Become Absurdly Extravagant. Here’s How We Let It Happen.
Uber Raises Another $1.6 Billion in Funding, Because Why Not Have More Money
Tootsie Roll CEO’s Death Shines Wall Street Spotlight on Secretive Candy Empire
  Life
Outward
Jan. 26 2015 9:56 AM The Funeral of David Kato: How Uganda’s Leading Gay Activist Was Laid to Rest Sarah S. Kilborne
The Art of Literary Expletive Avoidance
Why Did Josef Mengele Misuse His Medical Knowledge During the Holocaust?
The Strange Story of Australia's Mysterious Marree Man
How Can I Get My Cat to Like Me More?
Are You Grilling Italian Sausages on Your Radiator? For the Love of God, Turn Down Your Heat.
The Magnificent Ottoman Ruins of Ishak Pasha Palace
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 22 2015 12:21 PM GOP Women Stopped the 20-Week Abortion Bill. That’s Not Standing Up for Reproductive Rights. Amanda Marcotte
Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Are Treated Horribly. So They Started Their Own Party. 
Boehner Applauded Equal Pay at Last Year’s State of the Union. Why Not This Year?
Obama Declares Child Care “a Must Have”
What Happens When Kids Eat Pizza
The Pope Tells Catholics Not to Breed “Like Rabbits” but Refuses to Endorse Contraception
Sororities Want to Fight Sexual Assault By Throwing Their Own Booze-Fueled Ragers
  Slate Plus
Tv Club
Jan. 25 2015 10:00 PM The Downton Abbey Podcast, Episode 4 The “Boom Goes the Dynamite” edition. Seth Stevenson and June Thomas
Jeremy Stahl on What Slate Stories Broke Facebook This Week
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13
What Should Slate Do in 2015? Tell Slate’s Editor in Chief.
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 3
  Arts
Brow Beat
Jan. 26 2015 9:03 AM Slate’s Cocktail Columnist Offers Mocktail Recipes for All the Poor Schmoes Doing Drynuary Troy Patterson
Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman on Wearing Huge (and Tiny) Prosthetic Penises
Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson on J.C. Chandor and Chandor’s Movie About the BP Oil Spill
Here Are the Winners of the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Zachary Quinto on Why He Wanted to Make a Movie About an “Ex-Gay” Activist
Watch SNL’s Hilarious Spoofs of Ballghazi and The Bachelor
Exploring Shanghai With Sidecar Motorcyclists
  Technology
Future Tense
Jan. 25 2015 5:05 PM This Week’s East Coast Blizzard Could Be the Biggest on Record Eric Holthaus
State Department Wants Frozen PSAs About Climate Change
The Nerd Scare: How the U.S. Government Is Overreacting to Hackers and Journalists
People Who Are Great With Reading Social Cues Are Also Great With the Internet
Netflix Says Piracy Is Still Its Biggest Competitor
Here’s How We’re Going to Solve the Global Chocolate Shortage
Hundreds of Private Jets Delivered People to Davos. Also, It’s Climate Change Day at Davos.
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
Jan. 26 2015 7:00 AM Comet Closeups Reveal an Alien World Phil Plait
The “Good Guy With a Gun” Is a Myth
It Is Statistically Impossible for Mass Surveillance to Be an Effective Anti-Terrorism Tool
Striking Sun Halo Display in Sweden (Photo)
Watch the Moon Get Squashed From Orbit
Shop SkyMall for Science That Is Decades Ahead of Regular Science
The Anti-Vaccine Movement Says Measles Isn’t Dangerous. Oh, Yes, It Is.
  Sports
Sports Nut
Jan. 23 2015 7:19 PM Dumb Luck The New England Patriots’ prevention of fumbles is nearly impossible. Warren Sharp
The Five Stages of Patriots Fans’ Ballghazi Grief
Why NFL Quarterbacks Should Be Allowed to Do What They Want With Their Balls
Why Bill Belichick and His Antics Make the NFL a Better Place
NFL Investigates Patriots for Possibly Tampering With AFC Championship Game Balls
The Gridiron Boudoir: A Totally Sensual NFL Erotic Fiction Series
Why Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Is Set to Be a Perennial Title Contender