The Hollow Man

I know these things seem routine, but they are not. Today is a great day during which inshallah three souls (who - yes! - are old ...

Antikythera .

Call for nominations for the Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award ! The award is given biennially to recognize a young neuroscience invest...

Fringe?  Paranoid?  A seemingly schizo delusion?  Too many episodes of the X-Files?  Perhaps.  But would it be surprising if true?  I mean, ...

A candle doesn't lose its flame by lighting another candle.  Aw, isn't that heartwarming and inspiring?  It really does speak to the...

My friend Aric once told me, "Will, most people are stupid scum who are not worth your time."  I didn't argue with that, but I...

...to "prove" anything, but I think when I get paid next month I'm just going to go ahead and buy an otoscope, and post a pict...

ABI s, brain implants , and cochlear implants .  I love Wikipedia as a jumping off point for solid research into certain technologies and ph...

"I hope Jon's still tooling around in that godawful silver Prius (Jeez, even my brother has a Volt these days.)  He probably is, is...

... This story cinches it. I told you drug-testing welfare applicants was impractical, unworkable, and insensible, not to mention demeanin...

Reprinted from the Fall 2014 issue of CALIFORNIA (print edition -- unavailable online.) In 1943, during a stint in the Navy in World War ...

...or rather, a free hand, with one trillion dollars, and I could vouchsafe the survival of homo sapiens sapiens for the next ten thousand ...

That turned heads.  Probably my bizarre path to a situation that seemed to give the world exactly what it needed from me, when it usually ne...

"...but it's bad mojo to let anyone know you got the drop on them.  Anyway, hesitation cuts usually means suicide.  Not always, but...

- Civilized Cavemen:  The Gentle and Peacable Hunter Gatherer - Consciously Directed Social Partitioning - Metabeings:  Our Institutions a...

I believe that if a thing is beautiful and valuable, anyone who wants it should be able to have it.  I believe the default, basic amount of ...

I once had an argument with an ancient ex about the Hippocratic Oath, which includes, "Do no harm to anyone." He believed the Ph...

I realize this is from 2009 (a weird year for yours truly, as well as for many others, I hear tell.) And it's enough to make even me p...