Cat Tales: PBS Nova documentary helps us understand our enigmatic feline friends

By Robert A. Vella The Secular Jurist takes a break today from its regular news coverage to highlight a much Continue reading →

The “city killer” rock that no one warned us about

By Robert A. Vella Last Thursday, an asteroid roughly 328 feet in diameter – large enough to wipe-out an entire Continue reading →

The Biggest, Nastiest Sea Monsters of All-time

By Robert A. Vella Throughout the history of life on Earth, real monsters terrorized all the creatures of the seas Continue reading →

The basic science for how climate change triggers severe cold weather in wintertime

By Robert A. Vella It may seem paradoxical to laypeople that we would have severe cold weather spells in wintertime Continue reading →

Magnetic north just changed. Here’s what that means.

At the 2018 American Geophysical Union fall meeting, Livermore presented what he calls a magnetic field “tug-of-war” that may offer Continue reading →

Artificial Intelligence revisited

By Robert A. Vella After the deadly crash of a self-driving car (i.e. a “semi-autonomous” vehicle) in 2017, I wrote Continue reading →

Quote of the Day: Reaction to the Trump Administration’s elimination of Science at the EPA

“A lot of us do this because we want to serve the public health, and we want to use our Continue reading →

Heat Waves and Climate Change: Connecting the dots for the layperson

By Robert A. Vella Science is often a difficult subject for many people.  It’s very technical and scientists are compelled Continue reading →