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4.5 Things Cosmos Gets Wrong

In The Federalist Today, I have a piece titled Five Things Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Cosmos” Gets Wrong.  ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 13 2014 - 2:35pm

Cool Job In Biology: A Day In The Life Of A Beer Taster

I play guitar but I don't play out for money. Aside from a high level of stage fright about playing guitar in public I think doing it for money would take away a lot of the relaxation. That doesn't apply to all things. I write every day and alway ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2015 - 5:37pm

Malaysia Airlines MH370- Verifiable Sources

Malaysia Airlines MH370- Verifiable Sources Edit- please see new article- Could A Fire Have Caused The Loss Of MH370? This is a follow-up to MH370- Pieces Of The Puzzle, in which I said: There has been a great amount of idle speculation and misinformation ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 7 2014 - 6:23pm

Malaysia Airlines MH370- A Faint Trace?

Malaysia Airlines MH370- A Faint Trace? Edit- please see new article- Could A Fire Have Caused The Loss Of MH370? The latest information coming from official sources suggests that MH370 was heading towards the Andaman Islands when last tracked by radar.  ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 7 2014 - 6:25pm

Cosmos Ratings Are Not A 'Disaster' For Fox

The Drudge Report is saying that "Cosmos" ratings are a disaster and, I as I discussed in Is "Cosmos" Suffering From Unrealistic Expectations? the overnights showed numbers down from the premiere, but that is hardly a disaster. 1) It� ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 19 2014 - 4:19pm

Sweden's First College Student Doodled A Lot Too

In the absence of any evidence for why different people perform differently in school- other than that people are different- pundits have invented everything from genetic math anxiety to stereotype threat as an explanation. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 19 2014 - 1:27pm

Cosmos Suffers Another Ratings Drop- Even Though It's Getting Better

Who is to blame for the latest weekly decline in Cosmos ratings? The Walking Dead, NCAA basketball games, a mass exodus due to its opening effort to be culturally in-your-face? There is always going to be competition on TV, just like there will always be c ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 25 2014 - 5:49pm

Suspect Object Identified?

Suspect Object Identified? News of a mystery object washed up on Haa Alif atoll Baarah southern beach has been wrongly linked to the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Ailines Flight MH370. It appears to me that it is something rarely seen these days ou ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 26 2014 - 8:17pm

Whistleblowing- Why I Love the Sound of a Whistle

Whistleblowing- Why I Love the Sound of a Whistle According to an official U.K. Government source: Whistleblowing is when a worker reports suspected wrongdoing at work. Officially this is called ‘making a disclosure in the public interest’. A worker can r ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 27 2014 - 5:16pm

Twerking The Zeitgeist: Fans Of Science Should Be Worried About Cosmos Ratings

The reboot of Cosmos was on the must-see television list for many; it is a prime-time non-fiction science program, with one of the best hosts in science media, a generous budget, airing on 10 channels, and even had music by the guy who did Captain America. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 31 2014 - 1:54pm