Sandwalk

ENCODE has mostly abandoned it's definition of function based on biochemical activity and replaced it with "candidate" functio...

Michael Denton and the Discovery Institute are promoting his new book, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis . I haven't yet read the book...

All available evidence suggests that we are quite likely the only advanced life form in the Milky Way galaxy. Maybe our planet harbors the o...

Ms. Sandwalk posted this on her blog and I just had to copy it. Here's Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the current commander of the I...

The engineers and technicians have done their job, and what a fantastic job they did! "Curiosity" is now on the surface of Mars an...

If you're driving on a two lane highway and a head-on collision seems imminent, you should turn right. This probably doesn't work in...

When I first heard about the discovery of fossil bacteria in meteorites I immediately read the paper in the Journal of Cosmology [ Fossils ...

This is a remarkable picture. Depending on your personal preferences, you may be attracted to the sky in the background or the beautiful blu...

  I'm sometimes accused of a bias against creationism and other forms of stupidity. So, in the interests of diversity and political corr...

  Here's Buzz Aldrin reacting to being called a coward and a liar. This is one of those times when I can't blame someone for throwin...

  Today at 11:44 UT (= 7:44 AM Eastern Time) the sun appeared to cross the celestial equator in its northward movement. (See Movement of Our...

  The inhabitants of Saturn were recently treated to four solar eclipses on the same day. In the video below you can see the four moons and ...

  Jodrell Bank was one of the instruments that excited my imagination back when I was a junior member of the astronomical society. Ms. Sandw...

  Check out this interactive star map of the 32 nearest stars [ 32 Nearby Stars ]. Imagine that humans could establish colonies on several o...

  If I've got this right then today at 11:44 AM EST (i.e. right now!) is the Autumnal Equinox. Have a very happy one! Most people think ...

  Total eclipse of the sun, in the Altai region of Siberia on Friday, August 1, 2008. [Photo Credit: SciAm.com ]

  This is what the Milky Way actually looks like as shown on the Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 20, 2007 . Most of us have rarely ...

  This is an amazing photograph. Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy explains why [ Phoenix Descending ]. Phil is an excitable guy but you've r...

  The photograph and caption from SciencDaily says it all [ Astronomers Get First Look At Uranus's Rings As They Swing Edge-on To Earth...