Skeptophilia

Even people over here across the Atlantic have been watching the whole Brexit controversy closely, and wondering whether the powers-that-be ...

My wife and I share our living space with two canine companions. First, we have Grendel, a (very) mixed breed, who looks like the result o...

One of the many things I harp on with my students is "check your sources." And "check your sources" doesn't mean...

Last week, Switzerland opened the Gotthard Base Tunnel , which at 57 kilometers is the longest underground traffic tunnel in the world.  The...

I remember a couple of years ago noticing something odd.  While eating breakfast on work days, I'd finish, and always give a quick glanc...

My younger son came for a visit this weekend, and predictably, our lunchtime conversation ventured out into the ether. We were talking abo...

Yesterday we heard about how some oddly-shaped markings on Pluto are evidence of an extraterrestrial base, or possibly the home of intellige...