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Prop planes, your neighbor's drone, a grip of balloons from a graduation party, cottonwood giving you the worst allergy flare up this year -- our skies are littered with the mundane. So much so, that we take it all for granted.

Prop planes, your neighbor's drone, a grip of balloons from a graduation party, cottonwood giving you the worst allergy flare up this year -- our skies are littered with the mundane. So much so, that we take it all for granted.

Movie Reviews

‘Terror in the Skies’ review: airborne cryptozoology for fun, but not rigor

It’s a plane! No, it’s a bird! No, it’s a pterodactyl!

By Forrest HollingsworthMay 29, 2019

Okay, so I screwed up.

Okay, so I screwed up.

Pop Culture

Animal Planet too intimidated for another ‘Monster Week,’ can’t see the REAL origin of mermaids

You're gonna need a bigger ape.

By Russ DoblerMay 23, 2019

In scientific peer review, the "third reviewer" has become a cliché. It's that person who aggressively comes for your manuscript, with a desire to eviscerate every wobbly detail, expose every gap in the logic, and point out everything you didn't include in your text that they demand to see. This is also how I approach book reviews, and I expected to use all my usual third-way tools on The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World.

In scientific peer review, the "third reviewer" has become a cliché. It's that person who aggressively comes for your manuscript, with a desire to eviscerate every wobbly detail, expose every gap in the logic, and point out everything you didn't include in your text that they demand to see. This is also how I approach book reviews, and I expected to use all my usual third-way tools on The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World.

Books

‘The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World’ — book review

Can there be a comprise between industry-led and farm-to-table?

By Mary ManganMay 11, 2019

Roughly a year ago, many were left shocked at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, with only one question on their minds: Is Thanos super dumb? As cinematically satisfying as the "Snapture" was, some wondered if Thanos could have wished for a better solution. Suggestions varied from increasing resources, to reducing fertility rates, to even "human hunting seasons."

Roughly a year ago, many were left shocked at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, with only one question on their minds: Is Thanos super dumb? As cinematically satisfying as the "Snapture" was, some wondered if Thanos could have wished for a better solution. Suggestions varied from increasing resources, to reducing fertility rates, to even "human hunting seasons."

Avengers: Endgame

Did Thanos have better options than the “snap”? An ethics professor weighs in

Maybe it wasn't the worst strategy after all?

By Aaron RabinowitzApril 25, 2019

On the Trail of Bigfoot is a six episode documentary miniseries from Small Town Monsters. The six episodes take a look at the famous legend and American folklore in general.

On the Trail of Bigfoot is a six episode documentary miniseries from Small Town Monsters. The six episodes take a look at the famous legend and American folklore in general.

Movies

On the Trail of Bigfoot Review (Episodes 5 & 6): A different approach, for better and worse

The final two episodes highlight the best and worst of the series.

By Nathaniel MuirApril 24, 2019

On the Trail of Bigfoot is a six episode documentary miniseries from Small Town Monsters. The six episodes take a look at the famous legend and American folklore in general.

On the Trail of Bigfoot is a six episode documentary miniseries from Small Town Monsters. The six episodes take a look at the famous legend and American folklore in general.

Movies

On the Trail of Bigfoot Review (Episodes 3 & 4): Behavior, geographical differences, and wormholes?

There are a lot of theories about Bigfoot.

By Nathaniel MuirApril 22, 2019

We made it! America's Lost Vikings has ended and the final episode, "The Alaska Enigma," wraps up all the loose ends that the series left throughout the last five episodes ... or not.

We made it! America's Lost Vikings has ended and the final episode, "The Alaska Enigma," wraps up all the loose ends that the series left throughout the last five episodes ... or not.

Science

‘America’s Lost Vikings’ — episode 6 review and series recap

We may have learned more about the show hosts than we did any historical group.

By Sara HeadApril 7, 2019

On the Trail of Bigfoot is a six episode documentary miniseries from Small Town Monsters. The six episodes take a look at the famous legend and American folklore in general.

On the Trail of Bigfoot is a six episode documentary miniseries from Small Town Monsters. The six episodes take a look at the famous legend and American folklore in general.

Skepticism

On the Trail of Bigfoot Review (Episodes 1 & 2): History of the Hairy Devil

A brief history of Bigfoot in America.

By Nathaniel MuirApril 7, 2019

After a week's hiatus since episode four, America's Lost Vikings is back on the Science Channel with the tantalizingly titled episode five, "Curse of Death Island." Blue Nelson opens the show saying, "For centuries Vinland was thought to be a myth."

After a week's hiatus since episode four, America's Lost Vikings is back on the Science Channel with the tantalizingly titled episode five, "Curse of Death Island." Blue Nelson opens the show saying, "For centuries Vinland was thought to be a myth."

Science

‘America’s Lost Vikings’ episode 5 — speculation is not archaeology

Making a wish with a bad penny?

By Sara HeadMarch 24, 2019

I'm a science communicator and astronomy enthusiast. Nothing gets under my skin more than willful ignorance, "alternative facts," and the argument that science is nothing more than propaganda to hide the real truth. With that said, the conspiracy world outside the science umbrella can be interesting, even useful at times.

I'm a science communicator and astronomy enthusiast. Nothing gets under my skin more than willful ignorance, "alternative facts," and the argument that science is nothing more than propaganda to hide the real truth. With that said, the conspiracy world outside the science umbrella can be interesting, even useful at times.

Movies

Documentary “Behind the Curve” looks to build bridges between the science and flat Earth communities

Forget the facts, it's the people -- on both sides -- driving flat Earth belief.

By Kendra ReedMarch 22, 2019

History Channel's Project Blue Book has come and gone, and much like the actual Air Force study of the same name, which operated between 1952 and 1970, it didn't really accomplish much and we're left with the dreadful threat that this isn't the end of the story.

History Channel's Project Blue Book has come and gone, and much like the actual Air Force study of the same name, which operated between 1952 and 1970, it didn't really accomplish much and we're left with the dreadful threat that this isn't the end of the story.

Skepticism

History Channel’s ‘Project Blue Book’ ends with both a bang and a whimper

The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFOs were a major event, but much like the series, one that fizzled under scrutiny.

By Russ DoblerMarch 18, 2019

I mean, I get it. I've noted over and over in these articles that History Channel's Project Blue Book is a drama that only uses the touchstones of certain "real" UFO investigations to help drive the narrative. But with a case as important to the history of UFO research as the Betty and Barney Hill alien abduction, the first of its kind ever reported in North America, isn't it a little damaging to play so fast and loose with actual history?

I mean, I get it. I've noted over and over in these articles that History Channel's Project Blue Book is a drama that only uses the touchstones of certain "real" UFO investigations to help drive the narrative. But with a case as important to the history of UFO research as the Betty and Barney Hill alien abduction, the first of its kind ever reported in North America, isn't it a little damaging to play so fast and loose with actual history?

Skepticism

History Channel’s ‘Project Blue Book’ changes everything about the Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction

"New Hampshire" is about the only thing they got right.

By Russ DoblerMarch 11, 2019

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