Today we’re finishing up my response to Jered’s criticism of the blog. If you haven’t already you may want to check out part 1 and part 2.  As a warning […]

I’ve been busy with enjoying the products of volcanism, geology, evolution, etc rather than keeping up with the latest science news. So, no news this week. Instead enjoy this video […]

If you want the standard stuff, all the gysers and the like you can check you the videos and pictures from my trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton last year, […]

By the time you read this my parents and I will have left Yellowstone and will be checking out Grand Teton National Park. With any luck the weather will cooperate […]

For starters odds are that there are going to be lots of computers and other high tech gadgets. Take my place for example. In my living room I have a […]

Scientists have spent the last 40 years trying to figure out why women have orgasms. The male orgasm has an obvious role in reproduction, but the female orgasm simply does […]

I will again be responding to an excerpt from an email from my old college buddy “Bill.” The excerpt is printed without further editing, so please excuse the grammatical errors. […]

Scientists have created stem sells from the skin of a northern white rhino, a species that may now be extinct in the wild, and the drill, an endangered African monkey. […]

Russia had a failed cargo launch last week that is calling into question several upcoming Soyuz launches. This was actually the second consecutive Russian rocket failure this month. If they […]

Robertson wonders if it’s a sign from God. That’s easy to respond to: No, it’s physics. Earthquakes happen. Sure, they are a lot more common on the West Coast than […]