Tag Archives: weird

Mar 8 2015

Is Your Penis Normal? There’s a Chart for That

This article was originally posted on RealClearScience.

Are you one of those men who constantly worries that your penis isn’t of an adequate size? Then you may be suffering from “small-penis syndrome.” (Yes, that’s an actual medical term.) More likely, you are simply intrigued to know how your manhood measures up against the rest of humanity. Either way, whether you are anxious or merely curious, you may soon be able to ask your doctor to pull out a tape measure so he can definitively answer the question, “Hey doc, is my weiner big enough?” Continue reading →

Aug 27 2014

First Observation of Death Valley’s Sliding Rocks

This article was originally posted on RealClearScience.

A dry lake in Death Valley, called Racetrack Playa, is home to the famous “sailing stones.” These large rocks, some of which weigh up to 700 pounds, leave behind long trails in the dirt, indicating that something — or someone — has been moving them. (See photo above.) But how? Continue reading →

Jul 28 2014

Turkish Researcher Claims that Virgin Mary Was a Hermaphrodite and Souls Are Dark Matter

This article was originally posted on RealClearScience.

The history of science is populated with three types of ideas.

First, there are the great ideas. Peter Atkins counts ten of them, in his book Galileo’s Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science. Evolution by natural selection, the heritability of genetic information, the conservation of energy, and an expanding universe are among those ten ideas.

Second, there are the fascinating-but-wrong ideas, such as alchemy, phlogiston, and spontaneous generation. All of those ideas seemed reasonable in their day, but subsequent investigation proved they were incorrect.

And then there are the stone cold crazy ideas. This is a post about those. Continue reading →