“Things have been on a long downhill slide for science…”
-Phil Plait
Dr. Phil Plait comes at science blogging with some heavy credentials, having actually worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and, to a lesser extent, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) programs. His blog, Bad Astronomy, began life as an outlet for his frustration at the misuses and misunderstandings of astronomy in popular culture, but soon became a venue for his advocacy of all things science-based.
From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Plait was the President of the James Randi Educational Foundation, a group which advocates for science and critical thinking. He’s written two books, the most recent of which is Death from the Skies!, chronicling all the ways the universe might kill us all, and recently created and starred in three pilot episodes of a Discovery Channel program called Bad Universe.
Read our exclusive interview with Phil Plait on SuicideGirls.com.
