An American clinical neurologist and associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine
[[{“value”:”Terraforming, altering a planet’s atmosphere and surface to make it more Earth-like, has become a staple of science fiction. The benefit of successfully terraforming a planet are huge in that we now have an entire planet we can settle without […] The post Should We, and Can We, Terraform Mars? first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
[[{“value”:”I saw the movie, Disclosure Day. I was not impressed. It was (mild spoiler alert) a completely unimaginative wet dream of what the UFO community fantasizes the government is hiding from all of us. There were no new interesting angles […] The post Another Pentagon UAP Release – More Dots first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
[[{“value”:”It’s interesting to go back to see articles I wrote years ago to see how they held up. In 2019 I wrote a post about the “Challenges of Deepfakes“, which I just reread. What I discussed held up pretty well […] The post The Deepfakes We Warned About Are Here first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
[[{“value”:”I am back from an almost three week trip to LA, Sydney and Christchurch. Sorry I did not have time to keep up with my blog over that period – in which we recorded four live SGU shows, produced three […] The post Back From Down Under first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
I have been a supporter of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) since I learned of its existence. Essentially, SETI is a search for technosignatures of alien origin, specifically using radio astronomy. However, I occasionally encounter skepticism toward SETI, and […] The post Is SETI Worth It? first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator,…
When I was a child I would love looking up at the night sky. I became quite familiar with the northern sky, and how it changed from summer to winter. I could clearly see the Milky Way, which was always […] The post Proposed Satellites Would Ruin Astronomy first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
It is now an accepted narrative within the media that the US has become increasingly polarized. We just had our 250th celebration, and it seems to have further polarized our nation rather than bring it together. It is important, however, […] The post Polarization in America first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
I often get questions like the one below: “I live part time in Japan. Everyone sees hydrogen powered generators, trains, trucks, etc regularly. High density population means it’s easy to get enough synergy to justify the infrastructure. So sad we […] The post Hydrogen Tech first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
I recently installed a new printer on my system. Now, before you have an “OK, Boomer” knee-jerk reaction – I am a fairly tech-savvy user. I am not an IT professional, but have used computers literally since the 1970s and […] The post Why Do So Many Things Suck? first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
I recently installed a new printer on my system. Now, before you have an “OK, Boomer” knee-jerk reaction – I am a fairly tech-savvy user. I am not an IT professional, but have used computers literally since the 1970s and […] The post Why Do So Many Things Suck? first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
I recently installed a new printer on my system. Now, before you have an “OK, Boomer” knee-jerk reaction – I am a fairly tech-savvy user. I am not an IT professional, but have used computers literally since the 1970s and […] The post Why Do So Many Things Suck? first appeared on Dr. Steven Novella, Neurologist, Scientific Skepticism Communicator, Host .
