The Big Toe Science has known for some time now that bodies exist only to perpetuate big toes. Big toes, or similar appendages on other creatures, including those nascent toe-like…

I’d sworn not to write again until Eastern events proved themselves out. But I’m comfortable with the progression. Or better yet, the regression. Of the West, that is. Daniel’s statue…

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science used to be a prestigious journal. And still is. Getting a paper in PNAS is a mark of approval from the scientific…

No power at the Briggs ranch, so I won't see any comments. There are two meanings to zombie. The first are walking corpse, one of the rapacious undead who prowl…

I do not want to burden you with more material this week, given the length of complexity of this week's articles (which I hope you read), particularly yesterday's on the…

This class is a must watch for all; or at least a must read. I've been showing you how badly cause is misidentified in sciences which use statistics. Today a…

This classic post originally ran 25 July 2014. I have corrected the text where my enemies inserted errors. The original title said "global warming", as it used to be known,…

This idea from Thanatos Savehn at Twitter. He said: I’ve noted many Science articles claiming that empathy is surely the cure for our ills, so I looked into it. I…