Aspartame is one of the most studied food additives in the human food supply. FDA scientists do...
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel is an astronomer living in Pennsylvania. He blogs at his own site, and has written a novel.
The Chinese blockbuster "The Wandering Earth" which is about ... uh ... a wandering Earth. Could the...
By studying many pulsars all over the sky, you can see those ripples propagate across the galaxy,...
The thing about exploring the depths of the ocean is that it is a lot like exploring...
In order for a scientific debate to work, it needs honest brokers, willing to admit when they're...
A running theme with Chat GPT: It has a tendency to very confidently say things that are...
Here are ten thoughts on the Trump indictment, always with the caveat that I Am Not A...
In this episode, I take my first look at the classic Star Trek TV series. In particular,...
The FDA has approved the first “poop pill” that would transplant bacteria from on person’s digestive system...
On Wednesday, the scientists reported results that defied the long odds. The vaccine provoked an immune response...
I take a look back at Disney+'s spectacular Andor series and the episode The Eye. Would something...
In this week's video, I react to the 2005 film Serenity and the Firefly series that preceded...
Summoning up all the knowledge of my 30 in astrophysics and fourteen years in spacecraft operations,...
It would seem this trial is not going to be the Great Reckoning many were hoping for...
Respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, has been one of those murderous viruses we've just accepted...
If making the case a judge can unilaterally ban a drug that has been safely used for...
In this video, Dr Michael Siegel reacts to the 1986 sci-fi epic Spaceballs such as ludicrous speed,...
When you attempt to merge science and politics, the results is not to scientize the politics but...
Everything Everywhere All At Once won the Oscar for Best Picture, arguably the first science fiction film...
There is a tendency in our society to favor "natural" things over artificial things.
