Skeptophilia

The history of science is full of strange characters, but surely one of the most peculiar was Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe .  Born in 1546 ...

Behind every art is science. Of course, you can produce beautiful art without knowing any scientific details; the Renaissance masters create...

The highlight of my trip to Iceland this past August was seeing the newly-erupting volcano of Fagradalsfjall , southwest of the capital city...

I remember when I first ran into the rather mind-blowing concept that the familiar elements we have here on Earth -- oxygen, nitrogen, carbo...

In the last couple of days we connoisseurs of all things extraterrestrial received some good news and some bad news. Let's start with ...

Yesterday I ran into the latest completely bogus suggestion from the alternative medicine nuts: " Hydrogen-rich structured water ....

There's something about water that is mysterious.  It comprises, by some estimates, an average of 65% of the mass of living tissue.  We...