Closeup of a star

Over about two and a half days (August 16-18, 2007), the Sun's prominences were seen in extreme ultraviolet light by the Ahead spacecraf...

An espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffee!

A cup of brewed coffee has about 110 milligrams of caffeine, and potent as it may seem an espresso about 80mg. But of course that's base...

Scary

The Pentagon Sends Messengers of Apocalypse to Convert Soldiers in Iraq By Max Blumenthal, TheNation.com Posted on August 8, 2007, Printed o...

A Bitter Dose Of Reality

This blog was started because I often found myself exclaiming, "Wow! Really?" I though other folks might enjoy some of the wowsers...

Oh, come ON!

There's yet another internet hoax* going around that starts something like: "If we could shrink the earth's population to a vil...

Stretching the limits of fashion

Chinese fashion show promoted condoms to combat HIV. One of the docs we see is just back from three weeks in China--he goes there every 2-3 ...

Get Your Story Straight

A delicious moment of reality. Consultant, reporter, author and former NASA employee Jame Oberg nails British TV news on their snide claim t...