The Beatles on January 21, 1969 Podcast

All four Beatles returned to work on January 21, 1969.  Billy Preston gets credit for lightening their moods but the greatly improved atmosphere is evident today.  Billy won’t turn up until tomorrow afternoon.   John gives a crap, George isn’t so cranky, Paul is less bossy, and the little Ringo says is good-natured.

The existence of this session was [...]

How Deep Is Your Love?

There has been an increase in mild earthquake activity in Yellowstone Park recently. Before you freak out, scientists say an eruption is not imminent. You can check some of the links near the bottom of New West Blog’s post if you need to relax.

Would you let your daughter mate with one?

My last few posts have been on the fluffy side.  Here is something with a bit more science to it.  The current issue of National Geographic contains a great article that compiles a bunch of the recent thinking about the Neandertals.
A fair piece of the article is devoted to whether or not we ever interbred [...]

Update to Monty Python post

Whether or not you are a scientist, it’s important to allow new information to change your mind.  Yesterday I realized that I needed to revise my post about Monty Python’s Galaxy Song.  This is the song from The Meaning Of Life in which Eric Idle sings a bunch of astronomical facts. 
Someone was trying to explain [...]

Conversation between two apes explained

My chimp/chump story from last week is a simplified example of how one ape species split into two.  This splitting is called speciation.  The apes in the story are members of the species that was the most recent common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees (and bonobos.)

Let’s pause for one of the digressions I like to [...]

Fake Bigfoot was a hoax – no kidding

I also wonder how self-styled “Sasquatch detective” Steve Kulls needed two hours to realize it was a totally lame fake.

People see what they want to see, I guess.