scottcgruber

Scott C Gruber is many things: a web producer by trade, as well as a huge science and technology nerd, an aspiring speculative fiction writer, a husband and father, and a proud skeptic.

Among his topics of interest are envronmental science, evolution, astronomy and space exploration, linguistics, and technology. Appalled by the volume of magical thinking, conspiracy theorism, and overall poor logic in much online writing, Scott prefers to tackle his subject matter with a skeptical eye and a fact-based approach.

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  What Are Contrails?

  6 years ago

  Since the dawn of the aviation age, a new type of cloud has been appearing in our skies. Contrails, or condensation trails, are clouds that form in the wake of a passing aircraft at high altitude.

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  Why Do Bad Things Happen In Threes?

  8 years ago

  From natural disasters to celebrity deaths to household mishaps, it seems like tragedies always happen in sets of three. Why is this? Is it a simple coincidence, or a cosmic conspiracy?

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  When Is the Age of Aquarius?

  4 years ago

  The dawning of Age of Aquarius is more than just a lyric from a 1970s musical. It is a very real astronomical phenomenon that will occur in the not too distant future. To understand when this new age will occur requires a bit of understanding of the constellations of the Zodiac, as well as the...