This video shows what it would look like from Earth if the Sun were replaced by some other stars.

The new finance minister for Greece worked as an economist at Valve, the video game company.  I'm not sure why, but that seems kinda cool to me.

Regardless of what anyone else thinks, I fully stand behind my choices as a mom, including my choice not to vaccinate my son, because it is my fundamental right as a parent to decide which eradicated diseases come roaring back.

 My breathing and heart rate literally increase whilst watching them.

In this one, someone made a video out of the recent huge resolution image data Hubble took of Andromeda.

We’re not ashamed to say that there are many vaccines we haven’t given our child. Here’s why…

Pertussis, also known as “whooping cough”, is a bacterial disease that can permanently injure or kill a child. Despite the pertussis epidemic currently sweeping California, we didn’t vaccinate our son against pertussis

Made this at Epcot last week…

Vox has a nice article on how much weight to give different types of health studies.

There are literally thousands of ways to design a study. When a news story suggests, "A new scientific study has found…" or a celebrity doctor begins a sentence with, "Studies show…", you need to ask, "What kind of studies?" Because "studies" are not equally reliable, they all have different limitations, and they should not be acted on in the same manner — or even acted on at all. Here's a quick guide to understanding study design that will help you navigate the often bewildering world of health research.

Resolution for the new year:  hate websites that embed YouTube videos without the option for full screen even more than I did in 2014.

One of my crusades is against bad science, and nutrition-related science is some of the worst.

A 2008 review by the Food and Agriculture Organization concluded that “there is no probable or convincing evidence” that a high level of fat in the diet causes heart disease.18 A 2012 Cochrane review of 24 comparisons with 65 508 participants found no benefit from total fat reduction and no effect on cardiovascular or total mortality but a small reduction (relative risk 0.86 (95% confidence interval 0.77 to 0.96)) in cardiovascular events in men (not women).

Detecting planets around stars other than the Sun with a regular digital camera and telephoto lens.