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Over on Jon Frimann’s Iceland Volcano and Earthquake Blog, there has been a lot of talk about the activity under Vatnajökull (see map below), the largest glacier on Iceland and […]

When it rains, it pours, my friends. The fall continues its volcanically noisy pace since late October as news comes in of ash explosions at Bulusan, the southernmost volcano on […]

“Society has clearly benefited from the invention of caffeine, so why shouldn’t we also put a touch of amphetamine in the water?” The Frontal Cortex ponders human enhancement.

MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after Politico reported that he made campaign contributions to progressive Democrats: Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of […]

I went from the paintings, prints and poetry of John Lennon to the paintings and prints of William Tolliver in twenty four hours this weekend. Friday night, instead of parking […]

A weekend of personal travel and holiday fun has put me behind in the blogging game, but I will try to catch up on all the news we missed over […]

Spent the weekend in beautiful Cambridge, WI (population: 1101, on the nose). A lovely little town, but not one where the news comes readily. So a touch of catching up: […]

“Computer simulations show that a stiff wind blowing from the east for 12 hours could have given the Israelites a land bridge that allowed them to escape Egypt over 3000 years ago.”

“Gliese 581g would be the first Earth-like planet found orbiting in a star’s habitable zone. The new plant is located in a region where temperatures could sustain life and liquid water.”

The current eruption at Llaima in Chile is causing some concern about flooding in the Rio Calbuco near the volcano. The lava flows are melting snow on the volcano and […]

The filmmaker thinks Little Levi is cute and loves the way he taunts Sarah Palin. But he advises Levi to show us the goods before he gets fat and bald.

Large-scale drainage projects were popular in the early 20th century – but most came to nothing.

“Two planets similar to Earth have been discovered circling the dwarf star Gliese 581. Using new, super telescopes, astronomers are now searching for signs of life.”

We of course have the two robot landers on the surface of Mars (Spirit and Opportunity). The Spirit Rover recently went into hibernation mode and is no longer communicating with […]

Yesterday, SpaceX became the very first commercial company in history to re-enter spacecraft from low-Earth orbit. Another first was on November 23rd when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a […]

The news of the aftermath from the Merapi eruption continues to be grim. The pyroclastic flows have killed at least 33 people (including the “Keeper of Merapi”, who has caused a stir […]

Water and volcanism! Read what I have to say about this and other matters in my interview in ‘The Reef Tank’.

Today is the last day of the Month of Thinking Dangerously here at Big Think, and in that spirit, we are presenting some more dangerous ideas from bioethicist Jacob Appel. […]

Wow, today sort of came out of the blue and walloped me with business, so I’m only now getting a chance to post a few updates. Good way to start […]

According to a new study by scientists at the Astromaterials Research Science Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, “Mud volcanoes themselves are an indicator of a fluid-rich subsurface, and they […]

“After years of saying habitable exoplanets are just around the corner, planet hunters have found Gliese 581g, the first planet found to lie squarely in its star’s habitable zone.”

A quick update on the ongoing eruption at Merapi in Indonesia – the death toll has now reached at least 141 since the eruption started on October 26th. This number is likely a low […]

It looks like I got back just in the nick of time, before you guys started fighting over whether Christine O’Donnell is dumber than Sarah Palin, or even whether Michael […]

Why does society treat coming out like some sort of solemn event? Film director John Waters riffs on sexuality and why he doesn’t jive with many of our current cultural perspectives.

In another nod to biomimicry as a frontier of design innovation, industrial design student Brian Lee has just won Australia’s Target 2020 competition for envisioning the car of the future […]

Google any word, and the search engine will suggest a longer phrase, based on the popularity of current searches starting with the same word.  This so-called autocomplete function (1) is,  […]

Its not every day that a new geyser appears out of the blue, but that is exactly what appears to have happens in Kamchatka, as the Prikolny (“Peculiar”) Geyser has appears near Uzon caldera.

John Waters defends the creation and consumption of obscene films, and recommends some of his personal favorites.

An organization I’m working with is looking to hire a design-thinker to help build an exceptional global brand. n If you’re waiting in the wind to be the next Eston […]

Bioethicist Jacob Appel thinks that adding small amounts of lithium to our drinking water could potentially reduce the rate of suicide.