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All right, yesterday I ranted at ya a bit over the nonsense energy drink phenomenon that is making lots of marketing groups and beverage companies super rich as you swill their heavily caffeinated water. Today I’m gonna report on an equally bogus...

You wanna know one thing that really grates on me? B.S. ads that misrepresent science at the most basic level and the consumers who willingly and enthusiastically slurp up the products without having any idea they are being hustled. One such enormous...

You may have read about this in one of Karri Ferron’s blog posts two weeks ago: our sister publication, Discover , conducted a contest that will allow a winner to win funding for his or her own space experiment! The contest is now closed, but I’ve...

You may not know this about me, but for some years I’ve been heavily into the Civil War. It all started when I was given some artifacts and documents of a great-great grandfather, Darius Wetzel, who fought in the west under Grant and Sherman. That...

This morning, members of Astronomy ’s staff had the great pleasure of seeing Tom Polakis, our longtime contributing editor, as he and his wife, Jennifer, made their way through Michigan and Wisconsin visiting family. Tom has contributed numerous...

A couple weeks ago, Alan Traino, the driving force behind the Northeast Astronomy Forum in New York, announced he was planning a significant astronomy and telescope expo for Tucson, Arizona. Slated for November 10–11, 2012, the Arizona Science and...

Today, I’m presenting a new video that addresses a point of scientific confusion — most people get the meanings of the words theory , hypothesis , and law , as they’re used in the world of science, completely wrong. Stop that! You should...

Well, the big day finally came. After practicing for six months and packing an enormous amount of gear, driving 120 to 200 miles, and preparing specially selected sets, the Astronomy Magazine Blues Band was ready for our debut. It would come on the last...

A short blog today about yesterday, Friday, July 6, because this is going to be another monstrously busy day. Yesterday was too — the pace of this ALCon Chicago meeting is frenetic and filled with numerous, nonstop action! Yesterday, the talks started...

The Longest Day was a great movie, a little dated now but a good WWII film. It was also the summary of yesterday at ALCon , which was all good and executed well but literally the longest day I’ve ever experienced at an amateur astronomy meeting...

Very early in the morning of July 4, 2012, I replaced the usual routine of spending a fistful of cash on cheap fireworks and instead packed up my drums and left Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bound for Chicago, Illinois. The annual meeting of the Astronomical...

Tomorrow very early, I’ll be leaving for the Astronomical League meeting in Chicago, Illinois, ALCon 2012. Astronomy Senior Editor Michael Bakich will kick off the meeting with a talk about the last 150 years of amateur astronomy. I will participate...