Seeing is believing! Is it? I’ll believe it when I see it. Really? Will you? The late great mathematician, Martin Gardner, columnist for Scientific American magazine for 25 years developed a famous card illusion. The magician shuffles a deck of cards and has the subject select and memorize a card. After a sequence of seemingly...

What are your thoughts on women competing against men in recreational, but male-dominated sports? I like to play pick-up basketball but often find myself the only female on the court. Although the men are respectful, I get the sense that they don’t like to guard me since they cannot be as aggressive as they like....

Don’t you love reading something so true or so beautifully expressed that you simply must re-read it and maybe even write it down so you will come across it again? Reading the news nowadays provides a series of heartbreaking stories. For example, on the day I am writing this, I came across articles on the...