There's a serious flaw with this infographic – a flaw that creates a false impression in just about every viewer.  Can you find it?  Her...

But do it like this, please...

It's a Mersenne prime, naturally: (2^57,885,161)-1 .

Reader Larry E. writes in with this regarding the leaked memo detailing the Obama administration's justification of targeted killings of...

(Geek Alert): Why does Google prepend while(1); to all of its JSON API reponses? Short answer: it prevents cross-site request forgeries ....

That's how fast Felix Baumgartner fell in his record-setting jump...

If you posit the existence of a quantum computer (either now, tucked away in a government agency, or in the future when scientists figure ou...

Peter Munson is a Marine officer who recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan.  He's written a very thoughtful piece, the heart of w...

The largest glacier calving ever captured in images.  Awesome...

Via my mom.  I have mixed feelings viewing this.  There is a lot of cool, advanced technology on display; fun stuff for any geek.  On the ot...

I'm not a fan of Dodge Ram trucks, but I sure do like their SuperBowl ad:

Power distribution.  When we think of that term today, what comes right to mind is electricity.  If we think a little harder, we might als...

On Friday, Matt Yglesias published a short article detailing how the tentacles of government bureaucracy made it crazy difficult to start h...

John Williams has an interesting web site called Shadow Government Statistics , wherein he exposes flaws in the way government presents a...

His remains, that is.  Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, but his remains had been lost.  This skeleton was...

Awesome time-lapse video of the night sky in Namibia .  Via APOD , of course...

Most Antarctic biologists were expecting this, and now it's confirmed .  An underwater lake deep under the Antarctic ice has been cut of...

In the bad old days (before yesterday), if you wanted to listen to the Macaulay sound library (a huge archive of the sounds of nature: anim...

Barney, First Dog during George W. Bush's two terms, passed away yesterday at the age of 12.  The Bushs released this statement: Lau...

Taking a shower is dangerous ?  Yes, it is, for people of a certain age (which I'm approaching!).  Why?  Because of the risk of falling....