The Space Force Will Be With Us

Speaking to military men and women at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, President Donald Trump announced to the men and women present, things were going to change, and they would be changing quickly. As he spoke, the president emphasized his belief in world peace through strength, and […]

Crime, Privacy, And Your DNA

The methods used by authorities in the arrest of accused serial killer, former police officer, Joseph James DeAngelo, have brought to light concerns expressed by people monitoring the public’s right to privacy in genealogical DNA testing. DeAngelo was arrested after his DNA was matched to crime scene DNA, using genetic material from a distant relative, […]

Is It Trump’s Galician Sister

A hard hard working woman, farming in northwestern Spain, has just found surprising fame and attention. Dolores Leis Antelo was photographed by journalist, Paula Vázquez, who was covering a story about farming in the area, and posted one of her pictures of Dolores on Instagram. It did not take long for the social media platform […]

No Joke! Uranus Stinks

Patrick Irwin, of Oxford University in England, and his colleagues have studied the air around Uranus, and found, among other things, that it stinks. Its most unpleasant smell is caused by hydrogen sulfide, the molecule that gives rotten eggs their unmistakable odor. Using the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS), an instrument on the 26-foot Gemini […]

Let’s Picnic In The Cemetery

Rest in peace is a common enough expression. Everyone knows what it means, and why someone would say it. And they certainly know where the resting place is located; that being the local cemetery. But what may not be known, is not so very long ago, people gathered in graveyards to also dine and visit […]

Mysterious File Sent By Mistake

MuckRock, is a news organization specializing in filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with state and federal government bodies. In its many filings, strange and unexpected results have been received, but none quite so surprising as the bundle just received from the Washington State Fusion Center. When journalist Curtis Waltman wrote to WSFC, a […]

Tarantula Burger Coming Up

In the past 6 years, Bull City Burger And Brewery in Durham, North Carolina, has celebrated its April Exotic Meat Month by featuring unusual foods from across the country and around the world. The restaurant has served iguana, alligator, camel, python, turtle, and a variety of insects. This month, it is a tarantula burger being […]

Alex Jones Sued Over Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones, a radio show host broadcasting out of Austin, Texas, has had two lawsuits filed against him. The two suits were filed on Monday in Travis County, Texas, where Jones is a resident. Three parents are accusing him of defamation concerning the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Jones repeatedly has called the Newtown, […]

Danger! Danger! UFO Memorial In Danger

At the end of a covered bridge, on farmland in Sheffield, Massachusetts, sits a 5,000 pound, 6 foot tall, white, block of concrete. On one side is a plaque from Governor Charlie Baker’s Office, and the Massachusetts seal on the other side. The plaque proudly boasts: “This Governor’s Citation is in recognition of the off-world […]

To An Open Door

Discussing the state of affairs in the US has become part of my daily routine. Everyone has been profoundly affected by recent events, all of them involving guns aimed at children. Ideas for resolution range from the simple, to being almost as frightening for a child as their scariest nightmare come true. It is without […]