by Ray Jason It was halfway between midnight and dawn, and the moon had summoned me. As an ocean sailor who has navigated my lovely boat across the Wide Waters using just the stars and my sextant, I pay more attention…

by Dr Geoffrey Chia, Cardiologist/Physician 1. Apology to Mr Friedrich Kling I made a grave mistake in my NBL critique article for which I owe a public apology to Mr. Friedrich Kling. Mr Kling never posted any holocaust denialist articles,…

by Robin Datta The universal motive force is energy flow. These flows are from high concentrations to low concentrations, where the energy is dissipated and has high disorder. Disorder is referred to as entropy. Biological organisation starts with that assemblage…

McPherson was interviewed on the radio by Mort White for The Magic Garden on 14 June 2014. Link is here. _______ If you're looking for a reason to practice kindness, consider this: It's been a year and a day since…

by Bud Nye, R.N., M.S. Introduction First, I contend that all speaking and writing has a bias based on the thinking and world-view of the author. This includes all articles published in the most prestigious scientific journals, it includes Guy…

From Edward Abbey comes this line: "Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top." The latest essay in this space stirred too much.…

by Geoffrey Chia   Does humanity deserve to go extinct?           "Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown"  – A. Ransome, Swallows and Amazons   This turned out to be another long essay. However it is not possible…