Farmer's Almanac: 1, NOAA: 0...   The Farmer's Almanac predicted an unusually cold winter this year .  The NOAA did not.  Neither di...

What's the alternative to ObamaCare?   Well, at one point we had BushCare proposed .  I didn't pay much attention to it at the time,...

Music of the printer...   I'm a big Wallace & Grommit fan, so naturally their theme played on a dot-matrix printer is my favorite ...

They have free time all week long!   10 tips for Japanese travelers to the U.S.   I've always found it interesting to learn how other cu...

Okay, now I know that I'm never flying to Bilbao, Spain!   Watch the videos of Bilbao landings below to see why: It hurt my sph...

“Risk Corridors” being extended?   There's lots of chatter about this at the moment.  Extending the ObamaCare risk corridors is such a s...

If you've been paying attention, this isn't news...    But if you don't know much about North Korea, this report may shock and ...

A craftsman at work...   Steve McIntyre absolutely demolishes one of Michael Mann's key assertions in his ridiculous libel suit against...

Another Communist state is dying before our very eyes...   I'm speaking of Venezuela, of course .  Progressives – the heretofore loud pr...

Situation: deteriorating, with people dying...   That's Ukraine right now, in a nutshell. The police and armed forces are attacking p...

Everybody seems to have their own “facts”...   What effect does raising the minimum wage have on employment?  Here are three answers.  I...

There's something wrong with that...   Indeed.

Food for thought...   Peggy Noonan : We’re at a funny point in our political culture. To have judgment is to be an elitist. To have dig...

Thermopsis rhombifolia ...   Via BPOD , of course...

Curiosity looks back after crossing Dingo Gap on Mars...   Via APOD , of course...

Popping bubble-wrap is a universal therapy...

Great demonstration of afterimages...  

The most beautiful formula...   The MRIs prove it !  For my non-mathematical readers (I'm looking at you, mom): that formula is known ...

How North ended up on top...   For most of us, “north up” map orientation seems natural and obvious – but it's actually a purely cultu...

How wolves change rivers...   A clear explanation of trophic cascades , with some beautiful cinematography to accompany it – scenery and w...