Io; Zeus’s fancy and Jupiter’s moon
Zeus, the head-honcho of assorted Greek gods, heroes, nymphs, and mortals, was chiefly the God of the Sky, or Heavens. […]
The (really) Ancient Earth
Life on Mars; what are we searching for?
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has
Sliced thin; time and process recorded in igneous rocks
This is the second in a series on the geological world under a microscope Geologists, it seems, are never satisfied
Beringer’s Lying Stones; fraud and absurdity in science
A tale of scientific fraud and personal hubris My second-year university Geology wasn’t particularly notable except for a bit of
Ediacara; Welcome to the revolutionary world of animals
Mistaken Point on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland (Canada) acquired its unfortunate reputation by fooling mariners. In a celebration of
A Watery Mars; Canals, a duped radio audience, and geological excursions
Deceptive news is the art of pulling wool over the eyes of the populace, a tool (recently resurrected by certain
Sand dunes but no beach; a Martian breeze
When James Hutton in 1785 presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh his ideas on the uniformity of earth processes (over
Comets; portents of doom or icy bits of space jetsam?
Omens, God’s wrath, or just plain misfortune; comets were seen by our Medieval forebears as a disturbance in the natural
Darwin Day, with apologies to Abraham Lincoln
February 12 is Darwin Day. On this day in 1809 Abraham Lincoln was also born. Lincoln rose from his humble
The (not so) Great Dying; Permian extinctions
The great end of Permian extinction It seems that global catastrophes and the ensuing mass extinction of all manner of