Wikipedia Bans Scientologists

It was reported by WikiNews itself that Scientologist users and IP addresses owned by the Church of Scientology be banned from editing Scientology related articles on Wikipedia. Scientologists had been editing articles to support Scientology practices and beliefs. The user committee stated that their actions contradict the neutrality of Wikipedia.

They have also banned 'Anti-Scientology' users from editing Scientology related articles. The committee stated that these two groups made a game of their policies and had resorted to "battlefield tactics." Wikipedia hopes that by banning the biased users they will maintain neutrality in its material.

Cosmos: Episode 9

Episode 9: "The Lives of the Stars"

-Opening
-Apple Pie
-The Very Large
-Atoms
-Chemical Elements
-Nuclear Forces
-The Stars and Our Sun
-Death of Stars
-Star Stuff
-Gravity in Wonderland
-Children of the Stars
-Cosmos Update: 10 years later

Cosmos: Episode 8

Episode 8: "Journeys in Space and Time"

-Opening
-Constellations
-Time and Space
-Relativity: Time dilation, red shift, blue shift
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Interstellar Travel
-Time Travel
-Solar Systems
-Cosmic Time Frame
-Dinosaurs
-Immensity of Space
-Cosmos Update

Cosmos: Episode 7

Episode 7: "The Backbone of Night"

-Opening
-What are the Stars?
-Brooklyn Schoolroom
-Mythology of Stars
-Ancient Greek Scientists
-Science Blossoms
-Democritus
-Pythagoras
-Plato, Aristotle, Aristarchus, and The Pythagoreans.
-Distances to the Stars
-Evidence of Other Planets
-End Credits

One Year Old!

Today, May 22nd 2009, is the one year anniversary of the Skeptics 4 Life Blog. With over 3,460 visits, several fan emails, and many more hate emails, I think the first year was a great success. Unfortunately, I have been busy the last few weeks with school and job searching and I have not been posting anything new. On the other hand, last week Saturday I graduated from college! I should have more time for blogging once I move to Pennsylvania and start my job.

Cosmos: Episode 6

Episode 6: "Travellers' Tales"

-Opening
-Voyager, JPL
-Traveller's Routes
-Dutch Renaissance
-Huygens
-Huygens' Conclusion
-Traveller's Tales
-Jovian System
-Europa and Io
-Voyager Ships' Log
-Saturn and Titan
-Cosmos Update 10 Years Later

Cosmos: Episode 5

Episode 5: "Blues for a Red Planet"

-Opening
-Martians
-Percival Lowell
-Edgar Rice Burroughs
-Robert Goddard
-Inhabited Planets
-Mars Probes
-Viking Landers
-Life on Mars?
-Mars Rover
-Terraforming Mars
-Cosmos Update 10 Years Later

Cosmos: Episode 4

Episode 4: "Heaven and Hell"

-Opening
-Heaven and Hell
-Tunguska Event
-Comets
-Collisions with Earth (Canterbury monks 1178)
-Planetary Evolution
-Venus
-Descent to Venus (Venera Landers)
-Human Impact on the Global Environment
-Deaths of Worlds
-Conclusion
-Cosmos Update 10 Years Later

Cosmos: Episode 3

Episode 3: "The Harmony of the Worlds"

-Opening
-Astronomers vs. Astrologers
-Astrology
-Laws of Nature
-Constellations
-Astronomers
-Ptolemy/Copernicus
-Johannes Kepler
-Kepler and Tycho Brahe
-Kepler's Law
-The Somnium
-End Credits

Cosmos: Episode 2

Episode 2: "One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue"

-Opening
-Spaceship Cosmic Matter
-Heike Crab (artificial selection)
-Artificial Selection
-Natural Selection
-Watchmaker (Intelligent Design)
-Cosmic Calendar
-Evolution
-Kew Gardens-DNA
-Miller-Urey Experiment
-Alien Life
-Cosmos Update 10 Years Later

Cosmos: Episode 1

My posting the other day has given me an idea. I have decided that while I'm busy with finals and moving on from college I will present Carl Sagan's TV Series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. I will provide a brief outline of each episode with each posting. All episodes (1-13) will be posted in order.

Episode 1: "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean"

-Ann Druyan Intro
-Opening
-The Cosmos
-Spaceship in the Universe, Galaxy, Stars, and the Solar System
-Planet Earth
-Alexandrian Library
-Ages of Science
-Cosmic Calendar
-End Credits