STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much. Both sensations, however, felt real to most participants in a Swedish science project exploring how people can be tricked into the false perception of owning another body. ...more

December 3, 2008

Two-Seam Fastball Hold the index and middle fingers with the seams. How it works: The pitch is thrown with an arm side run, which allows the ball to dip away to left-handed hitters (or right-handed if the pitcher is a lefty) and into a right-handed batter (or into a lefty for a left-handed pitcher). ...more

October 22, 2008

Thank Gawd we have our Doppler whatchamacallit thingy out there Dopplerizing day and night to let us know that, in the end, nobody has any clue where Tropical Storm/Hurricane/Big Gust of Meteorological Flatulence will eventually land. ...more

August 19, 2008