Consolation

All the amazing new knowledge that is emerging from Mars is fascinating, but I think that they are asking the wrong questions. What we are discovering is that Mars not only had water, but now it appears that it had salt  [more...]

I keep hearing a muffled tone, a computer-y beep. It seems like it’s far away, somewhere on the floor. Then I realize that my cell phone, nestled in the little holster attached to my belt, is pushing against the  [more...]

This just makes no sense on the face of it: today’s bombs in London — four of them — all failed to completely detonate? What are the odds of this? Is it possible, or even conceivable, that a  [more...]