The news sites are devoting quite a bit of space to this Friday’s final launch of the Shuttle. Perhaps the best discussion I’ve seen is Denn...

That’s the question the world has been asking about the authorities in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was living not in a remote cave, but...

My time management has deteriorated to the point where personal blogging no longer fits into months when school is in session. But with grad...

Are your children already tired of their Christmas toys and games? Or would you like to see them play with something less violent and more e...

If you haven’t seen them already, you must watch Vi Hart ’s fantastic math doodle videos on stars, squiggles, fractals, and infinite eleph...

Nate Silver is currently predicting that Republicans will gain 47 House seats in the upcoming election—plus or minus 30. In other words, he...

The fight in Washington over NASA’s future has gotten complicated and ugly, like any other legislative battle. I can’t keep up with the deta...