A strong no prize this year. Nobody did well enough. Not enough specific predictions, or those that were specific did not come to pass. Doom predictions are too easy: they…
I received this interesting email from reader Mike Nash that I thought would be of interest to all. Nash saw my piece in the Federalist yesterday and commented. Sorry but…
A very odd thing happened in Science. Turns out a famous weatherman has been forecasting highs in the 60s then 70s for New York City all winter long. But the…
Last January 1st I asked for everybody to provide verifiable predictions for the year. Time for reckoning! Tomorrow I'll ask us to provide predictions for 2012, so hold off on…
I have to face the "Ver are your papers!" brigade this morning as I once again make my way through the carbon-dioxide soaked skies to the land of growing taxes,…
The Allen Telescope Array run by SETI---Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence---has been forced into hibernation because of the lack of money (Mercury News story). The electronic ears will remain planted on…