Today marks the traditional date for the Epiphany and Christmas carols are still ringing in my head. … read more

“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” So the song goes, but the processes that created these gems, namely earthquakes, have not… read more

Have you ever been embarrassed by burping in a public setting? I have. I remember a time I was speaking before an audience of a thousand-plus people… read more

About 800,000 years ago Earth’s ice age cycle transitioned from being about 41,000 years long to about 100,000 years in duration. During a… read more

At this time of year, Christmas carols and songs are in full swing. One song, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” won an Academy Award in… read more

Whenever a catastrophe strikes in the United States, political and public figures almost always offer “thoughts and prayers” and call the… read more

When humans experience or learn of an earthquake or volcano anywhere in the world, a natural response is to express concern and then mobilize to help… read more

The movement of carbon through Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, crust, and mantle may not immediately fascinate everybody, but we will… read more

What counts as evidence that a scientific model is consistent with reality and therefore true? According to scientists, there is strong evidence for… read more

Everything scientists can observe and measure about the universe asserts that the universe had a beginning—a beginning that implies the… read more

I grew up in British Columbia, a Canadian province that is 40% larger than Texas and almost entirely covered by forests. When I attended the… read more

In part 1 of this two-part series I explained how astronomers were able to discern the structures and extent of superclusters of galaxies and… read more

A well-designed home is a house where every room, wall closet, and cabinet of the interior has been configured to suit the specific needs and desires… read more

Physicians possess various tools for determining the health status of your heart. In addition to stethoscopes, physicians possess advanced… read more

In many war movies that were released fifty to eighty years ago, an infantry lieutenant would challenge his platoon with the question, “Are we… read more

If you ever watched Tim Allen on Tool Time, the handyman show within the television show Home Improvement, you saw a man who always expressed joy in… read more

In last week’s post, I explained how a team of astronomers comprehensively verified general relativity by achieving unprecedented accuracy in… read more

It may be surprising to learn that a star orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy’s black hole has produced evidence for one of the most tested and… read more