Skeptophilia

I wonder if you've heard of Marie Tharp .  I hope you have, but suspect you haven't.  Even in scientific circles, her name is not ex...

This past weekend, I got into two apparently unrelated conversations with online acquaintances that at their basis amount to the same thing....

On Monday I wrote in response to Joseph Epstein's commentary about Dr. Jill Biden's Ed.D., in which he called it "comical"...

Be honest, can you tell me anything about the following people? Annie Jump Cannon Jocelyn Bell Burnell Henrietta Swan Leavitt Willamina...

I'm a firm believer in the idea that most people, most of the time, are trying as hard as they can to do the right thing. Yes, we ofte...