We are in the midst of a catastrophic surge in the virus that matches or exceeds what...
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel is an astronomer living in Pennsylvania. He blogs at his own site, and has written a novel.
There's always one meal I return to: a lamb vindaloo in a random restaurant near our hotel...
An interesting revelation and a reminder that our understanding of even our nearest neighbor is incomplete.
I say this not from that tiny liberal flare in my heart, or the libertarian streak down...
How a little fame, an ability to tell people what they want to hear, and a glib...
The Barrington approach won’t bring back lost jobs. It won’t restore failed businesses. It probably won’t even...
The Space Age has brought us miracles. Losing those abilities would be devastating. And losing a future...
We are in the early days of an exciting phase of astrophysics: an age of exploration of...
Pictured is the Versailles rail accident in 1842, perhaps a preview of the coming debate when the...
The Sun has just entered a new solar cycle...In other words, the clock continues to tick. And...
This week the internets exploded with reports of a possible detection of life on Venus. Well …...
The final four episodes -- which rival anything this side of The Empire Strikes Back -- puts...
This isn't just a matter of a winnah and new champeen though. We're learning how massive...
We have a tendency to turn a blind eye to the suffering of our fellow human if...
Remember, a vaccine doesn't have to give "sterilizing immunity", in which you can't catch the virus ever...
Sagittarius is not being "obliterated". It's finishing the process of joining our big happy Galaxy a...
A VP pick is usually about is solidifying the base, balancing the ticket, & generating intra-party enthusiasm....
This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened...
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Cutting US Postal Service hours and services for cities that are overwhelmed by mail only makes sense...
There are 200 teams around the world contributing to the one of the biggest and most dramatic...
