As an answer to yesterday's post about "Which Is It: Murderer or Model", this is a photograph of Lewis Powell, aka Lewis Payne. He was a co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, the same fellow who

This image shows a handsome, young man. But is it of someone about to be hanged for murder or a model for a new American clothing line. Which is it, murderer or model?

It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy. ~Aristophanes, c. 425 BC

Even if you aren't a sky watcher, interested in astronomy (NOT to be confused with astrology and your fortune based on cosmic alignments) or a Mars enthusiast, you should try to get out in the next few

I just finished an article about how NASA got it's start. Although its legacy dates back to the days of the Wright Brothers' first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, NASA really began on October 4,

Although Albert Einstein died in 1955, his famous "Theory of Relativity" is much older than that. His theories, the basis for much of what know and understand about our universe, are well over

DNA, the double helix structured strand of only four amino acids, is what determines what we will be and are. At least in a physical and scientific sense. Depending on how these amino acids (Adenine, Guanine,

As always, scientists are hard at work to uncover the mysteries of our universe. This time they have discovered a new shape found in nature, which they have dubbed the "Scutoid". Watch video

"Hunger knows no friend but its feeder." ~Aristophanes, c. 425 BC

"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered. But stupid lasts forever." ~Aristophanes, c. 425 BC

So apparently there is a company manufacturing earthquake-proof beds that will automatically close up if and when it detects a certain amount of seismic activity. To satisfy discerning styles and tastes,

It is no surprise that there are some who wish to colonize Mars. Although this has been a fascination with many science enthusiasts for decades, there are those, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who are

Watch this automaton dinosaur as it moves through a London street. If you thought sharks were scary, can you imagine walking down the street and running into this: Watch the video HERE In the video, the

When I was young, I went with my family to see the movie Jaws. Unfortuntely, I sat next to my mother who,in an attempt to protect me and shield me from the terrifying and bloody parts, covered my eyes

I'm all for education, especially STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) education. But NASA has recently put out a video that makes me reconsider a quest for complete knowledge in

It has been said that we learn more from our mistakes than we do our successes. That goes with our adversaries too, I think. Hopefully, the best lesson we can learn from them is how to turn them from being

It seems even those with all the money in the world and every reason not to take from others, still do. It may not necessarily be a crime of malice, but one of negligence in this case, but in the end it

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD If Marcus thought he had it rough then, I

Timmy entered a writing contest on “Diversity”. His entry was the shortest: “The moon has no diversity. No matter who, what or where we are on Earth, we all see the same side of the Moon. It is the one

Fake news is a real thing. And governments around the world have found out how effective, economical and efficient it can be to have a team of only a few government employees, a few laptops and an Internet