In the film Contact, an astronomer picks up radio signals being transmitted from outer space aliens. The signals are mathematical formulas…
In a culture where everyone wants to look good, who wouldn’t want a body that looks like a work of…
A little boy holds a bag of Lay’s potato chips and grins at NFL quarterback Dan Marino. “Betcha can’t eat…
News reports say that the sitcom star Roseanne Barr has been spotted riding a broomstick and wearing a tall, pointy…
New Yorkers have a well-deserved reputation for being unflappable. But the horrific murder of a real estate broker in Central…
Jack Kevorkian is not called “Dr. Death” for nothing. He’s notorious for his macabre suicide machine, which has helped 45…
The event was billed as a political funeral, and, in fact, it did take place at the White House. But…
Picture books about Babar, the elephant king, are being pulled from the shelves. The stories have been judged dangerous for…
Was the English novelist Jane Austen gay? Yes, says an essay by Stanford professor Terry Castle. Castle, writing recently in…
Phillip Johnson is a pugnacious law professor who travels to campuses challenging Darwinian evolution. But something funny often happens to…
