From “David Attenborough Fans”: 150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada. Only a few of us live around see in-your-face evidence of glaciers calving and floating around in our front yards. Yikes.
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Who Supports Trump at This Point?
The author of the meme here makes a good point. How is Trump a viable candidate to lead the most powerful nation on Earth? His mental health aside, how does someone win who’s generally reviled by women, veterans, people of …
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Quantum Mechanics
I don’t think quantum mechanics is capable of being understood, not because it isn’t true, but because the human mind didn’t evolve in such a way to deal with things that fail to conform to our intuition of time and …
What the World Needs Now …. Is Not Elon Musk
A reader sent me this, commenting: Cannot make this up. Elon the Nazi has joined team Trump traitors campaign. I look at the arrival of Elon Musk on the political scene as a terrible break for the health of humankind …
Automating Fast-Food Prep
Here’s an investment that I won’t be making: Miso Robotics and its product “Flippy.” It uses robotics to cook French fries and flip burgers in fast-food restaurants. Let’s begin by admitting that such a solution will ultimately replace humans, who …
Space Migration
From the website Physics Is Fun: Stephen Hawking’s quote, “I think the human race has no future if it doesn’t go into space,” underscores his belief in the existential importance of space exploration. He viewed humanity’s expansion into space as …
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Putting One’s Head in the Sand Doesn’t Change the Facts
School boards in deeply red states like Florida are using textbooks with all reference to the subject of climate change removed. Of course, that does not change the fact a warmer climate is one in which storms become more destructive …
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What Is Physics?
I like to answer this question as follows: If it’s the study of anything that’s alive, or that’s ever been alive, that’s biology. If it’s the study of how matter interacts at the level of the electrons that surround the …
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Understanding How We Raise Our Kids Means Following the Money
The meme here makes sense until we realize something very important: there is no profit associated with teaching our kids about basic biology, but there is a ton of profit getting them to recognize and admire Jason Aldean, Patrick Mahomes, …
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Dealing with Children
Here’s a piece on the present-day controversy forwarded by the Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance to the effect that all women should have children. I commented: Not to like kids? I wouldn’t say that’s natural. … to which a …
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