Some happy news for a change!

For anybody reading my blog that keeps track of these things, finally there’s a disease that is less threatening now than it was last year! Gonorrhea Rates Fall: “The nation’s gonorrhea rate fell to 113.5 cases per 100,000 people last year, the lowest level since the government started tracking cases in 1941, according to the […]

Did you know…

It’s (only) September 7, and there are only six names left for hurricanes/tropical storms in the Atlantic basin? And at this moment there are four un-named tropical depressions waves that may (but probably won’t) become tropical storms? Philippe Rita Stan Tammy Vince Wilma Then what? Do we start over with “A” again?

Intelligent Falling Theory

You’ve probably seen it already, but it bears repeating: this Onion story is a classic: The Onion | Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory: “KANSAS CITY, KS—As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. […]