Science & Skepticism

The Most Awesome Man in the World

Anne / September 23, 2012

Who is the most awesome man in the world? No, no, this is a guy who has it ALL. […]

Anne / August 31, 2012

I have always considered The Mote in God’s Eye a seminal book about initial contact between humans and another sentient,

Anne / August 28, 2012

Because someone mentioned it in comments on my Facebook link to a recent blog post, I am now compelled to

Anne / August 21, 2012

One of the pleasures of living in a world where anti-intellectualism rules a major political party is that it’s fairly

Anne / July 10, 2012

The confirmation of the Higgs Boson brings this question: how can we use it? Even Professor Peter Higgs has no

Anne / January 15, 2011

So, because the earth is constantly in motion, and so are the stars, we’ve ended up with a 13th sign

Anne / July 2, 2009

In response to the blog post of a friend who is understandably bemoaning the state of the nation, I got

Anne / May 21, 2008

Breast cancer has taken the lives of women we knew and loved, and has made the lived of other women

Anne / March 13, 2008

Despite Geraldine’s Ferraro’s possible claims to the contrary, there is no racism among cetaceans. There’s a bottlenose dolphin called Moko

Anne / February 29, 2008

One morning in 1999 I went to my optometrist for a routine eye exam. It was time to check the