I have been getting email from people talking about a possible meteorite impact in northern Latvia yesterday. I had a blog post all ready to go saying this whole thing sounded extremely fishy to me, and before I could post it I found out this story has...

After all the rumors, then a denial of the rumors, it looks like at least some of the rumors were true: President Obama has picked ex-astronaut Charles Bolden to head NASA. I’ve already written...

During the Texas State Board of Education hearings on science standards for Texas schoolchildren, BoE member and staunch creationist Barbara Cargill decided that the age of the Universe was up for vote. Oddly enough, I had some issue with that.

NBC is reporting that several workers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were fired for refusing to get vaccinated. CHP cares for very sick children, many of whom have compromised immune systems or are too young to get vaccinated. The twist?...

Are you a scifi+ Shakespeare dork? I just found out that the stage version of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart has been made into a film, and it will air on BBC 2 on December 26th. The BBC has the info (look to the right, fourth panel...

I’m not much of an online game player, but I may have to rethink that stance: Mwuhahahaha. That looks like fun! Now I just have to slow the Earth’s rotation to give me more time per day to play. Where’s Q when you need him? Tip o’ the targ to...

DARPA is running an interesting contest: they are placing ten red balloons somewhere in the continental United States. Social media groups can register with DARPA, and the first one to submit the correct latitude and longitude of all 10 will get...

A couple living a bit south of Fort Worth, Texas, are claiming that a cross found on an egg laid by a chicken on their farm is a sign from God. OK. You can see the egg there on the right. I have some comments… like, if this is a sign from God,...