I'm reading Randall Munroe's book How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. I probably don't have to tell you this, but it's awesome (as is everything from Randall Munroe, the ...

I learned a valuable lesson this afternoon. Don't fly a kite in 50 mph winds. I broke the crap out of my kite. The wind around DC has been awesome today, solid 40 mph winds, with gusts at 50 mph. So I ...

I have been watching bald eagles, sandhill cranes, ring-billed gulls and some hawks soaring, most often hundreds of feet above the land. The flight of an airplane high overhead reminded me of how ...