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Sometimes, in our effort to remain relevant, we change simple, explanatory terms to ones that are less so. For example, when people reach middle age and there are hormonal changes, we now call it...
View ArticleCorona Virus Side Effects
There is a lot of angst regarding the corona virus (COVID-19). Oddly, most news coverage focuses on its impact on the stock market. The news media, critically important for a democratic society,...
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Bring on the NANOBOTS!
I love nanobots. Nanobots are microscopic robots that can do anything from curing disease to treating injuries or providing energy to weapons. There’s just one minor problem with nanobots . . . . They...
View ArticleMedical Mayhem
One of the problems with medical issues is that scientists’ and physicians’ assessments must constantly be revised. As additional facts are uncovered, logical conclusions are changed. That is difficult...
View ArticleSorry, I Don’t Believe in Reality
Well, actually I do, but there are apparently many others who do not. The coronavirus COVID 19 is the current pressing example. People are dying–why wouldn’t you believe in it? Easy. If someone has a...
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Rules of Acquisition
The Ferengi appeared as aliens in several Star Trek iterations. They were the ultimate business people who frequently quoted from their 286 rules of acquisition. I’ve heard they were originally planned...
View ArticleSometimes the Old Ways Are Best
“(CNN)NASA may have a multi-billion dollar budget and some of the most advanced technology in the world, but when the Mars InSight lander got into a spot of bother, scientists came up with a charmingly...
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Conspiracy!
Photo CNN In England, vandals have set cellular towers on fire because they believe, thanks to internet, that the new 5G cellular system causes coronavirus. I can–but won’t–speculate on how they came...
View ArticleOctopus Sans Garden
There has been some interest in octopuses (I, being a heathen, used to call them octopi–sorry!). Nevertheless, I’ve always found them fascinating. Years ago, I was able to successfully maintain a...
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It’s Not About You
“The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Wearing a mask in public...
View ArticleIt Will Never Be a Movie
If the Coronavirus COVID-19 were a movie treatment, it probably never would get made. Look at the plot elements: A deadly disease begins in a faraway city known for both selling live exotic animals for...
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Pandemic Update – 5 July 2020
As I watch the statistics–new COVID-19 cases and new COVID-19 deaths–there are other observations that present themselves. One is that every weekend the numbers fall in comparison to the weekdays. I...
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COVID-19 Experiment
Effective today, 15 July 2020, hospitals and states have been directed to send their COVID-19 data directly to the CORONAVIRUS Task Force in the Department of Health and Human Services rather than the...
View ArticleWrong Way COVID*
I had hoped that by now we’d be past the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic. I hoped that by now we could be back to normal. I’d hoped that my wife and I would be able to go out to eat or take a little...
View ArticleSpace – A Great Frontier
Echo 1 was a Mylar balloon satellite launched in 1960 that was visible from the earth. At night, we’d rush outside at the time printed in the paper and watch it go by. During the Mercury launches...
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COVID-19 Update 10/31/2020
Whether it’s the second wave of the first surge or a second wave, the number of COVID cases has begun to increase significantly. First the (sort of) good news. Deaths have more or less stabilized at...
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Legacy of Arecibo’s Telescope
© Photograph by Ricardo Arduengo, AFP via Getty Images One of the most powerful tools for exploring the universe is no more. The radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico* collapsed this morning. It has...
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COVID-19 Sucks
No, I don’t normally have a beard or wear hospital gowns. It would have been nice if the pandemic deniers were right, as it would have saved me a lot of pain and frustration. Unfortunately, COVID-19...
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Primary Confusion
Progress never ceases to confuse me, When I was in grade school—what we now call primary school—I was taught that the primary colors were red, yellow, and blue.You could take your Tempura paints and...
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Artificial Intelligence
There is fear and trepidation about artificial intelligence (AI). Some people worry that AI will take their jobs, which is understandable. However, this is unlikely given that many employers are...
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