Long before the film TITANIC left viewers sobbing, we had all been schooled to know that what you see isn’t necessarily what you get. Quicksand, Rodents Of Unusual Size, Tremor … Continue reading →
When the original film of PLANET OF THE APES was distributed, people smirked at the idea that primates could evolve to be as clever as we are. Those humans who … Continue reading →
Everybody squeeze in! Smile! Do we have every face in the photo? A new cell phone (the iPhone 17) is being advertised as able to automatically include all individuals in … Continue reading →
In spite of dreadful reviews, the 2020 film PROXIMITY available on Amazon Prime still charmed me. Instead of horror and dread, it was one of few sci-fi’s about alien encounters … Continue reading →
“How do I love thee?” wrote Elizabeth Barrett Browning. What she didn’t write was how many ways we’re called upon to love throughout a long-term relationship such as marriage—and we … Continue reading →
Today the world is forcing an untold population to feel old. What does that mean? It means the country around us dived into a dimension we weren’t prepared to understand. … Continue reading →
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, gullible people were charmed and conned by snake oil salesmen. With shameless showmanship, the swindler rolled into town and performed feats of deception … Continue reading →
The idea that we, as humans and maybe all life on Earth, aren’t really solid material isn’t new. Echoes of the same conclusion are threaded through many new and ancient … Continue reading →
Have you seen the then-humorous social satire film SLEEPER released in 1973 starring Woody Allen (who helped write it) and Diane Keaton? (According to AI, the film can still be … Continue reading →
When quantum mechanics scientists discovered that observing could change a wave into a particle, they felt dumbfounded. How could simply seeing something change it? It didn’t make sense. Maybe our … Continue reading →