My friend Melanie loves to watch the Discovery Channel and share what she has watched with others. The problem is she can never get the story straight. Her latest tale […]

As I stare into the beautiful dark sky above my home in Hawaii and see the stars and satellites, I ponder the possibility of “space accidents.” With all those satellites, […]

I came across a piece of information that said that in the first half of the 20th century, pink was a boy’s color while blue was a girl’s color. But […]

Can animals sense earthquakes? I’ve heard stories about cats carrying their litter of kittens out of a building just prior to a quake. Is there any truth in it? We’ve […]

I heard it’s possible to live for an extended period of time on nothing but potatoes and milk. Any truth to this? If I could get all the nutrients I […]

Without gravity, how do female astronauts menstruate while in space? — Gayle, Ventura, CA For a while there, Gayle, the question wasn’t how women would menstruate in space but whether […]

I was shocked by your highly ignorant column on “when life begins” [October 24]. You have a very conservative approach, and a misogynistic one at that. I appreciate your attempt […]

I’m sure you’ve heard the term “concrete shoes,” mobsters’ choice of swimwear for fellas with rodent traits and other individuals that ran afoul of them. Is there any truth to […]

Having grown up on Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry and similar cartoons, I can’t tell you how many I’ve watched involving a baby left on a doorstep. Was there a […]

Some time ago, I heard an African-American author talk on NPR about what inspired him to write his book: During the 1800s, some slave owners in the U.S. were black. […]

At a forum last August at his megachurch, preacher Rick Warren asked John McCain and Barack Obama when human life begins. McCain replied, “At conception,” a response that went over […]

Never mind the current demand for the stuff—what becomes of the void oil drilling creates? If we pump out millions of barrels per day, we can’t very well leave giant […]