The Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act.

Thank you, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. Via James Lilek s, via Instapundit . Give me freedom of choice on my light bulbs, o...

"These people are extremely well-suited, by personality and training, to deal with the stresses of being in space..."

Back on earth... not so much. And those "Right Stuff" days are over: Today’s astronauts find themselves in a world much less glam...

Bad toys. Really bad toys.

The worst! (Via John Hawks .) For example, there's the U-238 Atomic Energy Lab: For a mere $49.50, the kit came complete with three ...

A city polarized by sex.

At one end of the city, we've got your testosterone. At the other end, your estrogen. The San Jose Mercury-News provides the gender ana...

European-style regulation and the dangerous pipe organ.

The NYT reports: The new [European Union] directive, to come into force in July, limits the proportion of hazardous substances like lead, me...

Mama mia, Galileo, magnifico.

The story of "Bohemian Rhapsody." Perhaps the song's most distinct feature is the fatalistic lyrics: "Mama, just killed a...

Dylan's "Chronicles": Chapter 5.

Finally, I got around to finishing the last chapter of Dylan's autobiography. I was blogging at the blistering pace of a chapter a day f...