Thanks to my good friend Shawn and his lovely wife Jess I got to see Richard Dawkins last night. When he asked me if I wanted to go, I jumped at the chance. After all the man is practically a rock star in his community. I even referred to this commercial for Intel: I wonder [...]

Janet poses the question: What are your thoughts on life outside of Earth? Do you believe in aliens? If so, what do you think when you think about them? I am purposely being vague here in the hopes you’ll expand upon your own. Some may (or may not) find my answer surprising. I certainly find [...]

It might be nothing but cool, but take a look at this picture of a mouse neuron and a computer model of the universe.

Studies performed by beverage industries are biased towards their own beverages, according to an article in PLoS Medicine. They looked at 111 studies on milk, juice, and soft drinks that were performed between 1999 and 2003. The results? “[S]tudies funded by industry were four to eight times more likely to show bias in favor of [...]

What is it with Japan and giant monstrosities? Fisherman off the coast of Japan caugt a squid over 3.5m in length (here’s the vid). They say it’s a juvenile and that there are adult squid that check in at 20m. I firmly believe that there are also giant sharks and other critters that we haven’t [...]