Are One Night Stands Genetic, Or Are You Just Glad to See Me? Still trying to figure out why you keep wanting hot, steamy sex with strangers? Wondering why you have no...
OMG ALIENS!!! …hold the Old Lace. I think journalists call this “Breaking News.” Early this morning, rumors circulated that NASA would...
NASA Discovers Life Cool your jets, Sparky Spaceman. NASA did not discover life in outer space, though for about a half-hour, that...
Swedish Robot Pilot Discovers Rare Cold Water Coral Ecosystem Shock waves rippled through the cold water coral ecosystem community this week with the news that a very rare...
Take a Personal Voyage for Carl Sagan’s Birthday Corduroy-jacketed übernerd Carl Sagan shuffled off this mortal coil in 1996, but today would have been his 76th birthday....
Diwali, Magic and Owls An article in New Scientist gets me worried both about the future India’s owls and just what New Scientist...
Giant Viruses Devour the World’s Oceans Just in Time for Halloween An article in The Scientist discusses the earthshaking changes in the world of virus genomes. Seriously! Giant viruses. Who...
Bigfoot Discovery Day in the Santa Cruz Mountains Felton, California, is about fifteen minutes north of my old alma mater, UC Santa Cruz. It’s home to the...
Brain Tumor Bling A UC San Francisco team is testing a technique whereby cancer patients are given an oral agent that makes...
Improbable Research and the IgNobel Prizes Last week, the IgNobel prizes were awarded. In case you’ve missed the Clue Train to Geektown for the last...