Today, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones rendered the ruling many were hoping to see, bringing the Kitzmiller et al v. Dover Area School District case to a fitting end.

The court’s opinion delivered yet further stinging blows to “intelligent design” advocates and their anti-science, religious agenda. Jones’ 139-page decision is available for viewing in […]

Time Magazine currently showcases their editors’ picks for the top ten images of the year shown in their Pictures of the Week feature. Viewers can vote on this page for their favorite choice. Choosing the obvious winner is rather academic, don’t you think?
With the year drawing to a close, I can’t help but be reminded […]

Not long ago in the wake of the Columbia accident and during Sean O’Keefe’s reign as NASA administrator it appeared that the Hubble telescope’s days were numbered. As recently as this spring the proposed robotic servicing mission appeared overly ambitious, logistically complex, and cost-prohibitive. The most concrete news delivered to long-time HST fans like myself […]

I approach published statistics with a grain of salt, particularly where run-of-the-mill media polls are concerned. The pitfalls of errant extrapolation should be obvious: a given issue or situation might appear dramatically worse than in actuality. Even armed with ample amounts of sodium chloride, however, it’s quite clear that our society faces some alarming territory […]