"The pollen piece looks like a yellow painting... but it’s much, much more."

"It’s not a yellow pigment, which is very important for me. It’s the potential beginning of millions of plants. It’s the semen for the ...

Yoga in public schools — an Establishment Clause problem.

NPR has trouble seeing the objection. This kids are stretching, readying their minds for learning, don't you know? But here's one m...

Up for 2 hours... still waiting for the sunrise.

I love mornings!

Darkmonth.

December is upon us. A string of 31 days in a row with just about 9 hours of sunlight up here in The North. Maybe where you are it's no...

"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows."

This post is a present to those of you who seem to be looking for a place to honor Marvin Hamlisch, who died yesterday. I don't post abo...

Drudge goes black-and-white with Rahm, Brad Pitt, Uncle Sam, and Obama.

Look. Only Pitt and Rahm are photographs. Obama — like Uncle Sam — is done with artwork. Pretty bad artwork. It looks like a bad drawing, an...

"What The Sun Really Does To Your Face."

Check out the Unilateral Dermatoheliosis — caused by driving a truck for 28 years, with the sun always hitting one side of the face.

What caused the "Dark Day" — on May 19, 1780?

It was not a solar eclipse. With little scientific knowledge amongst the populace in 1780, people would have been afraid. Some lawmakers i...

Are you traveling to get into the path of the annular solar eclipse?

Here 's where you need to go. Get there Sunday. It's hitting some of the very best national parks and monuments: Arches, Bandelier,...

Waves the size of the United States are breaking on the sun.

"The wave-forming process taking place on the surface of the Sun is the same as that which takes place in the Earth's oceans. It...