POSTED // Mar 3,2010 - Why do babies run fevers when teething? More important, why do doctors claim that they don't? Is it just so stupid/inexperienced mamas won't ignore a serious infection...

POSTED // Feb 24,2010 - My brother refuses to go running on days the air quality index tells him not to because he doesn't want to die sooner.

POSTED // Feb 17,2010 - My question is about the Myers-Briggs personality assessment. Is it just an example of modern-day snake oil sold by corporate soothsayers? Or does it really work?

POSTED // Feb 10,2010 - Dude gets splashed with liquid helium, or blasted with cryogas, or breathed on by a white dragon, and he freezes solid into an immobile, frosty, astonished-looking block of man.

POSTED // Feb 3,2010 - Your poor research and insistence on hyperbole rather than perspective does a terrible disservice to your readers. In many cases, your "facts" are in grave error...

POSTED // Jan 27,2010 - Quick scenario: deserted island, colorful fruits and vegetation. How do I know what I should eat and what I should feed to my mother-in-law?

POSTED // Jan 20,2010 - Are electric trains and other forms of mass transit an energy loser compared to driving a car? What with energy-transmission costs and poor ridership...

POSTED // Jan 13,2010 - Is it necessary for the fire department to rescue a cat that’s stuck in a tree? I mean, c’mon, they got up there. Can’t they get down on their own?

POSTED // Jan 6,2010 - The restaurant around the corner from where I work has started using corn-based “compostable” plastic takeout containers.

POSTED // Dec 30,2009 - On the one hand, I want to eat farm-raised salmon because wild salmon is being depleted by overfishing...