What’s the final word about Y2K? We were told this was a serious problem, and that huge dollars and man-hours were needed to head off trouble. Why didn’t the sky […]

Almost nightly, it seems, we hear on the news that a drunk driver killed one or more people in another car but the drunk survived, sometimes without injury. A family […]

I read a speech by Noam Chomsky in which he says during the Vietnam war “soldiers were fragging officers.” I, a man too young to have served in that conflict, […]

In his book Collapse, Jared Diamond claims, “When NASA wanted to find some place on Earth resembling the surface of the Moon, so that our astronauts preparing for the first […]

My son just finished a three-month karate class. Last night he asked me if karate really would help someone defeat a larger, stronger opponent. I told him I honestly never […]

I recently discovered your site/column, and after spending days and nights reading, I’m convinced you are indeed the world’s smartest person and so best qualified to answer my question: Who […]

I once heard NASA was the only government department to show a profit due to patents on things such as Teflon, Velcro, and Tang. Any truth to this? – Michelle, […]

With the dearth of good real estate on Earth, I’ve been considering alternatives. How much energy would it take to move Mars into Earth’s orbit? Would it work better if […]

Do bras really keep breasts from sagging as you get older? -Curious Oh, bras probably do something. It’s just that nobody can agree on what it is. I won’t pretend […]

What’s the deal with air in your bloodstream being lethal? Is this true? I have to assume it is; presumably it’s the reason for tapping on a syringe to get […]

How lethal are Tasers? I know there’s talk about police being Taser-happy and torturing people with these devices, but has anyone been Tasered to death? -Dugie C., Calgary News a […]

I recently heard a rumor that sugar processed from beets contains traces of a poison used as a combat weapon in World War II. Is this true? What’s the difference […]