Skeptophilia

As an avid birdwatcher, I've learned many of the vocalizations of our local species.  Some, especially the migratory species we only hea...

Given my inability to recognize faces, I've developed a number of compensatory mechanisms.  One is that I remember people by memorizing ...

A couple of nights ago I woke up in the middle of the night (not an unusual occurrence for me) in time to hear our local pack of coyotes who...

One of the funniest scenes in the Monty Python movie Life of Brian  is when a man is condemned to be stoned for saying "Jehovah," ...

Earlier this week I looked at three cool archaeological discoveries -- cave art in Indonesia, and two finds in Egypt, one of a bone from som...

Language  is defined as "arbitrary symbolic communication."  The "symbolic" part is because the word (either spoken or w...

Being a linguistics geek, I've always been fascinated with the mechanisms of communication.  My interests span such topics as the evolut...

In yesterday's post, we took a look at the latest from the world of extraterrestrial enthusiasts; today, we'll do the same for anoth...