I read other stuff than wacky science humor. The Birding Community E-bulletin is a fantastic monthly e-mail newsletter with items that include a rarity focus, and four or so other news briefs from the birding world, generally conservation oriented....

I don't know too many scientists who don't think that the Annals of Improbable Research are funny. I don't surf over to the magazine or blog (actually the online version of their Guardian column) very often these days, but I...

I got an email recently for an offer to purchase one of the handful of domain names I have parked. This seemed rather fishy, mostly because the author of the email was accepting domain name valuations from only two web...

My rationalization for buying a Kindle turns out to have basis in fact: "A new study analyzing the Amazon Kindle electronic book reader’s impact on the environment suggests that, on average, the carbon emitted over the life of the device...

We left off with dozens of silkmoth caterpillars snug in their cocoons. For the most part, I expected these to overwinter. I'm at 42 degrees N latitude, and, for instance, the Luna eggs were laid on on 30 May, the...