The Make-A-Wish Foundation made 13-year-old Erik Martin's superhero dream a reality with a giant city-wide role playing scenario that incorporated all of Seattle. With the help of the Seattle Sounders, Spider-Man and a DeLorean, Electron Boy saved the day.

Where do you fall?

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

After seeing the "Andre Governor" signs around town, I just had to create something to remind people about his heartless "They Breed" comment earlier this year. (There's a T-shirt in the works too.)

...Give a carving knife to a geek, gamer, or gory movie lover and watch out! They create what they most enjoy. ... This is a Halloween tribute to geeks, gamers, and gory flicks watchers. Trick or treat? Here are 114 treats, or cool pumpkin art as jack-o-lanterns with intricate carvings from freaky to geeky.

This was featured on CNN this morning. A collection of award-winning scientific and medical images.

Explaining how the reCAPTCHA system works and how it helps in the effort to digitize books. I think now I might possibly consider all those reCAPTCHAs I come across a bit less of an annoyance.

Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation.

Walt played this over the weekend. I don't know why he didn't submit it already, but it's pretty awesome.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has just issued its long-awaited judgment in the Senate race, declaring that Democrat Al Franken is the winner. And Norm Coleman, his opponent, at 4 p.m., announced that he had conceded and contacted Mr. Franken.

Via StumbleUpon: Virtusphere consists of a 10-foot hollow sphere, which is placed on a special platform that allows the sphere to rotate freely in any direction according to the user’s steps. Wearing a wireless, head-mounted display the user is able to walk and run being immersed into virtual environment.

For all you Steampunk fans out there.

This project began two years ago when we asked several several scientists from various fields what they thought were the greatest mysteries. From their input, we wrote about 14 big enigmas. None have been solved since.

Instead of using lawn mowers or any other machinery, Google decided to hire goats to cut its Mountain View in California.