Hono­lulu after Pearl Harbor: A report published for the first time, 71 years later

Via Fark, the BBC reports on a bizarre three-headed frog — with a picture. The creature – which has six legs – has stunned a BBC wildlife expert who said it could be an early warning of environmental  [more...]

The soaring, otherworldly voice behind the Star Trek theme has died. Loulie Jean Norman was the soprano who lent the futuristic, spacey wordless voice to the Star Trek theme in 1966. In order to save money on royalties  [more...]

I’ve been worrying about Christmas ever since this summer, when — a month or so after the heart attack — I was informed that I had a dangerous blood clot in my leg that precluded flying cross-country  [more...]