Are you more science-savvy than the average American?

There is a  brief survey at the Pew Center for Research that will allow you to judge your level of basic science awareness. It’s fun and interesting. Let me know how you did.
(Not to brag, but I got 100%.)
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THE SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
Take the quiz and find out

To test your knowledge of scientific concepts and recent [...]

Crop Circle Mystery in My Backyard Solved!

I want to thank everyone for their creative (if somewhat far-fetched) ideas about what caused the odd circles on my front and back lawns.
I mean, really, gnomes????
Come on, that is just plain silly.
Especially compared to the much more plausible idea that extraterrestrials could have visited from an immensely huge distance away that would take hundreds [...]

The Curious Case of Phineas Gage

Having been distracted by extraterrestrials and the opposite sex in the last couple of entries, I want to return to my discussion of free will. In that regard, I’d like to start this entry by introducing you to the Curious Case of Phineas Gage (unlike the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, this is a true [...]

Do YOU believe extraterrestrials have visited earth? Take this poll and let me know!

Since so many of you seemed to enjoy my last post about my extraterrestrial visitors, I thought I’d let you have your say on whether or not you believe we have been visited by aliens.
Let the voting begin!

I’ve been visited by extraterrestrials!!!

I have long been a doubter about claims that earth has been visited by aliens.
I have been skeptical that “crop circles” are evidence of these extraterrestrial visitations, believing instead that they were human-created hoaxes.
Skeptical I am no longer.
Why?
Because while mowing my lawn this morning, I uncovered crop circles on my own property!
You doubt?
Here’s the proof [...]

How much time do YOU spend checking out the opposite sex?

The Telegraph reports the results of a British study that determined how long men and women spend time looking at each other. So, are you above or below average? Inquiring minds want to know…
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The average man will spend almost 43 minutes a day staring at 10 different women.
That adds up to [...]

I’m on John Oakley’s radio show again tomorrow – Tues. Aug. 4

Hi everyone. If you can listen on the radio or on the web, I will be on the John Oakley show again for another debate tomorrow. It’s at 9:00 a.m. on AM640. If you want to listen to it on the web go to: http://www.640toronto.com/