Skeptophilia

Arno Allan Penzias was born on the 26th of April, 1933, in Munich, Germany.  It was a fractious time for Germany, and downright dangerous f...

Sometimes the simplest, most innocuous-seeming questions can lead toward mind-blowingly profound answers. I remember distinctly running into...

The things that keeps astrophysicists up at night are the irritating little questions about the universe that are simple to ask, and wildly ...

The Star Trek: The Next Generation  episode "The Chase" is justly revered by Trekkies, and also by people who simply like a good s...