The human capacity for self-delusion knows no bounds. We believe ourselves to be intelligent, rational beings yet are willing to embrace, without evidence or factual data, rumors, belief systems, urban legends, paranormal incidents, or even claims of near-death experience as…

In 2006, in the cold Arctic north, in an area on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, the fossilized remains of our great, great, great to the nth degree uncle Tiktaalik were discovered. The name, Tiktaalik, is a Inuktitut word meaning…

Whenever the weather permits, which around here is quite infrequent, I try to take advantage and get some photos of Deep Space Objects (DSO) or the planets. One of the aspects I miss from Arizona was in the three years…

The wisdom of President Biden’s push to encourage/demand vaccinations for Americans will be debated in the media for weeks, but they likely will miss the point. Instead of confronting the real threat to the health and well-being of the nation,…

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.  And I’m not so sure about the universe.”  Albert Einstein Twenty-nine percent of Americans believe in Astrology which is close to the number who also believe in Creationism (Forty percent). All…

“What’s the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?” F. Sherwood Rowland Despite what many might believe,…

Could it be the melting of the frozen Arctic Tundra is the source of COVID-19? Has climate change awakened a new plague on mankind? In 1967 two scientists, Syukuro Manabe and Richard Wetherald, released a report that reverberates to this…

*”Here begins the plague” is written in the register next to the entry for Oliver Gunne’s burial on June 11, 1564 one of the first victims of the plague that ravaged Europe back when the “treatment” for such illnesses was praying…