One of the “game changing” pieces of scientific news in 2017 concerns the collision of two neutron stars about 130 million light-years away, first detected on August 17. One reason astronomers and ...

Isn't "Triangulation" Just Another Way of Saying "Makes Political Deals?" Perfect. I've seen a variety of attempts at defining triangulation over the last few days; Dinauer's is my favorite by far.

President Barack Obama’s proposal to cap certain government spending in his 2011 federal budget immediately brought an old term back into the Washington conversation: triangulation. That’s what former ...

We have often seen our parents not speaking to each other for days altogether and for important conversations we become their messengers. Sometimes we become the source where either mom or dad vents ...

A middle-aged couple once brought their teenage son "Roy" in for an initial counseling session. Before the session, his mother met privately with me to explain that Roy had become a handful -- he was ...

A method for estimating distances in sailing and astrophysics helps explain why riding on buses and boats can make us nauseous. This month’s Insights puzzle was inspired by a new way to determine the ...