Deep in the heart of south-central Wisconsin, there lives a scientist who would prefer to remain nameless and (nearly) faceless.  We will ca...

Prepare to be assaulted by cute pictures and amazing discoveries! By the end of this post you will never look at the mammal world in the sa...

Recently the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency sent a spaceship to an asteroid named Itokawa .  A spaceship  to an asteroid !!  As if t...

All matter in the Universe is made up of three-quarters hydrogen and one-quarter helium (by weight), with relatively insignificant amounts o...

This past summer, after finishing graduate school I went on a victory lap around the world and stopped by Berlin for some hot eats  ( döner ...

The idea of introducing wild lions, elephants, and camels to north and south america was first put forward by Paul Martin of the University...

Unfortunately right now the moon is waning (each night less area visible from earth is illuminated by the sun). But once the moon...