Something That Bugs Me
Gene GlotzerPhoto by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash You've probably heard people say things like the sun isn't really yellow or the sky and ocean are not really blue. You might have…
Cold
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash It was cold today. Six degrees Fahrenheit when I first went out this morning. I even wore a jacket. I haven't worn a jacket…
Climate Change
I used to be a climate change optimist. Not a naive optimist, mind you, just an optimist. I wasn't expecting a silver bullet or anything. I thought tackling the problem…
Feeding the Birds
My setup I'm officially an old man. I have a fairly new hobby; I started it last fall. I set up bird feeders in my yard and now I enjoy…
Blood Tests for Mental Health
Photo by CDC on Unsplash Recent research is showing that it may be possible to diagnose mental health conditions through blood tests. It's intriguing work. One of the most frustrating…
The Worst Day of the Year
Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash The second Sunday in March is the worst day of the year. It is the day that, here in the US, we switch from…
Gravity
Photo by Hassaan Qaiser on Unsplash We have made a couple of posts lately about scientific concepts that we don't really understand (here and here). I don't know if this…
What If We Completely Stopped Using Plastic?
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash I almost wrote this as part of my Quick Questions series but realized there is nothing quick about this question. I'll say at the…
Trying to Understand Spacetime
Jamil RaglandPhoto by Andy Holmes on Unsplash My favorite book as a kid was A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I found the book in the library of my…
Climate Change Messaging
Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash Climate change is a difficult problem. I almost said intractable, but I'm an optimist. So, difficult will do. One of the reasons it's so…