Hot Or Not: The Science Of Attractiveness

Hot Or Not: The Science Of Attractiveness

Have you heard about HOTorNOT.com? It's perhaps the most superficial of all superficial dating site, allowing members to vote on other members' attractiveness and promoting dating decisions based…
Feliz Dia de los Pulpos!

Feliz Dia de los Pulpos!

Octopus Day 2010 finds me in La Paz, Mexico, eating a homemade corn tortilla with Oaxacan cheese. It is extremely delicious. After the trip to Madagascar, where I found that dairy is just not part of…
Conspiracy Theory - NASA Hiding Alien Life?

Conspiracy Theory - NASA Hiding Alien Life?

Conspiracy theorists love photo effects.   If you want to see a man on Mars, you will eventually find it.  But if NASA cleans up an image and then posts it, and then a high-contrast photo…
Interested In Lakefront Property -- On Saturn?

Interested In Lakefront Property -- On Saturn?

"TAU researcher confirms oily "water" on a Saturn moon", so reads the email that crossed my desk.  Then I learned why no mountain or landform on Titan can ever be taller than 6,200 feet. …