The latest issue of New Scientist magazine is all about romance and the science of love and it is very interesting. One of the more interesting things I noticed is a weird trend among the personal ads, a feature of just this issue to reinforce the theme I suppose. The weird trend is this: more [...]
Update: Let me clarify, I don’t wish all schools were like this and was careless in my word choice. I do think more schools should be like this. It is clear that the schools we have now are designed to turn out one kind of successful student. They cater to certain learning styles and not [...]
If you don’t know about the Piltdown Man hoax, go here: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hoax/. This story is skullduggery (ha!) at it’s finest, but the person responsible for the hoax is still a mystery. Even weirder is the apparent Scientology connection to Piltdown Man: “Progressing along the genetic time-track, evolution arrived at the sloth, which ‘had bad times [...]
This photo of the March 29 solar eclipse as seen from the Space Station is very cool … and weird. “The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral (ground) shadow cast by the Moon as it moved between the Sun and the Earth during the solar eclipse on March 29, 2006. [...]
As I many or may not have mentioned, I am in the mountains this weekend to harass visit family and attend a wonderful event marking the dedication of the Meadows of Dan, VA Crooked Road visitors kiosk. I thoroughly enjoyed the Crooked Road event for a whole bunch of reasons that I will share when [...]