I’ll be on a little break from the blogginess of it all from September 27, 2024, through October 9, 2024. Thanks for checking in. See you here soon.     “”””””” “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who […]

I like science.  Most people do. They just don’t acknowledge it.Smartphones?  Science made them.Medication for your anything?  Science made it.Air conditioning?  Yep.  Science. People who scoff at science and scientists should quit driving, stop using the toilet, and give up taking vacations via an airplane because science made all of these things possible. Anyway, In

Stereotypes By Linda Stowe Stereotypes are there for a reason. This is a truism so common that Google will finish the sentence for you. Google then goes on to explain that stereotypes are a helpful way for us to make sense of our world. In 1922 American journalist Walter Lippmann is credited with coming up

Here we are.  Right now. Your feet are on Earth. And so are mine. But have you ever wondered who named this place? Who named Earth?  I mean. We are curious. All the other planets are named for gods. Mercury: Named after Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, travel, and communication, known as Hermes in

Remember the old movie Waterworld with Kevin Costner?  For those of you who have not seen it — and there is probably a lot of you out there — the movie takes place on Earth in the distant future.  It was produced in 1995 and it was foretelling about our future.  You see, it takes

I’m not going to bore you very long with Quantum Mechanics today. But I am amazed, daily, by the things I’m learning about how the world works on very small levels.  Everywhere. It all goes on inside of us.In that phone you are holding.And in the cat sitting next to you, the car you drove

I’ve been trying to learn more about Quantum Mechanics, specifically the String Theory. To put it simply, here are some things about things. Tiny Particles: Quantum mechanics is like a set of rules that explains how really tiny particles, like electrons and photons (light particles), behave. Of course, these are really tiny.  Like. Quarks make

“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.” — Mark Black To relax.   By definition, it goes like this. make or become less tense or anxious: [no object][with object] make (a rule or restriction) less strict while not abolishing it A lot of people go on vacation to relax.  But for me, going