Dinosaur fans, I think I made a math error in my last entry here on THE MAIN THING, in which I claimed Dragons > Dinosaurs. (Tapping the...

Look dinosaur fans, I don't want to start an unhealthy rivalry thing with you, but as the mathematicians might say, DRAGONS > dinosaurs....

Do you know about nanobots? Nanobots are tiny robots that are small enough to be injected directly into the blood stream through a...

Folks, I'm going to go out on a limb and say everybody enjoys tree puns as much as I do. No? Not so much? Hmm. What about rock puns?...

It was French philosopher and Renaissance man René Descartes who famously said "Je pense, donc je suis," better known as "Cogito, ergo...

Writer's block is the condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writing. What can one do when writer's...

Okay, okay, settle down now. Yes it's me, Will Malpass, renowned creator of THE MAIN THING, the blog that searches for reality's deeper...

Life is a series of dogs. —Comedian George Carlin There's an old, goofy joke about an agnostic, dyslexic skeptic who doubted the...

Readers, do you recall that my wife is also my editor? There is an important tradition in our family known as Gifting Season. Gifting...

The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an inexorable and not very friendly judge of...

He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room. F. Scott...

What's a gonculator? Good question. A gonculator is a significant calculating machine that accepts inputs, data, and requirements; uses...

I'm a Junior ROTC teacher in a large public high school near Houston, Texas. Here's a picture of the school where I teach: Like Whitney...

Two hydrogen atoms are enjoying frosty milkshakes at the soda shop. Suddenly one of the hydrogen atoms gasps. He begins looking around...

I began this blog, THE MAIN THING, to share my ideas about Life's Big Truths. The True Nature of Reality. To discuss what the wisest...

How much power do people have? What about a tiny newborn child? Physically, she has very little power—why, she can hardly support the...

How much power does it take? That's today's topic here at THE MAIN THING. Scientifically speaking, power is a measurement of how much...

Disclaimer: The following blog entry is pure speculation. For entertainment purposes only. The author is NOT a member of a secret society...

So far, the true story of reality appears to have a beginning and a middle. We are currently experiencing the middle. Readers, I hope...

Say, readers, why don't we have complete clarity on the true nature of reality? Why is "The Big Truth" so often shrouded in complicated...