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Understood, no worries! Thanks.

Just out of curiosity, do you mind if users (infrequently) request a different username? If so, might I be flux instead?

Found this one recently browsing the Brubaker collection at UIC. (Got completely lost time-walking through my old stomping grounds on the north side of Chicago. We used to shop here regularly.) Pipers Alley Mall and Dominick's grocery store, circa 1978

Speaking of dogs and cats... (Not debunking related, sorry, I just couldn't resist.)

Deja vu!^ ;) I'd also peeked earlier at Google trends and did a news archive search out of curiosity. Even if MSM usage is increasing (however you want to define MSM), a significant amount of the stories/headlines are incorrectly using the term to push agendas (usually political) or present...

That's really not the case here, so I don't think it's a valid comparison. http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/AAAS_GM_statement.pdf

Depending on what reader you're using, the page number might not match the document. I did a poor job of explaining though (I'll blame the NyQuil).

Probably just a typo; it's on page 242. Edit: the picture, I mean; the quoted text begins on page 241.

I've often wondered how much variation exists in casual usage. To me, "space junk" is synonymous with orbital debris attributed to human activities.

The northern hemisphere on average gets a better deal than the southern hemisphere -- but many bolides are stragglers, not associated with any particular shower. I'd imagine the graphic Mick posted still applies. Major Meteor Showers For meteor observers, those located in the northern...

It looks like it's disintegrated by the end. Hard to be sure from the video. Maybe due to composition of the object (or maybe not). Can fireballs appear in different colors? Vivid colors are more often reported by fireball observers because the brightness is great enough to fall well within...

"There's all this terrifying stuff inside your body, but lucky for you we're selling these dubious, exorbitantly priced, unregulated supplements which we believe might help." Typical scare pitch. When you investigate the names and websites involved, all you find is a parade of alt-med nonsense...

Fireballs like that don't stand out as much during daylight hours but otherwise appear the same. Meteors on average are typically very small, from grain-of-sand size to small pebbles, generally less than a gram. The ones in these videos are just more substantial. The main reason I'd posted...

For additional reference: A couple of new videos captured a daytime meteor over Canada. These clearly illustrate how quickly meteors zip across the sky, traveling at tens of thousands of kilometers per hour. This fireball was estimated to be 50-100cm.

Apparently people posted this on 9gag and ATS a year ago. [link] There are older clips on YouTube as well.

To correct what I stated earlier, the stars do appear red in a better quality copy of the episode. I still don't think it's an intentional reference to Syria. People read too much into minutiae.

New Kids on the Blecch Season 12, Episode 14 Aired Feb. 25, 2001 [Full episode link; the music video begins at 10:58.] Plot After seeing 38-year-old Carlos Lopes in the 1984 Summer Olympics on TV, Homer decides to participate in the Springfield marathon to prove to Marge that he is fit. In...

By all means, show your calculations.

Do you honestly think readers will be swayed by Rosa Koire's chosen political affiliation alone? What's truly important is whether or not her claims are properly substantiated by appropriate evidence. Facts are established by objectively examining available evidence, not viewing them through a...

It's appropriate that the claim has been marked as debunked because, contrary to the news stories you're describing, the BLM isn't arbitrarily confiscating land it didn't already possess. There's zero evidence of that to date. Those with property line disputes can have their day in court, and...