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Gene GlotzerPhoto by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Do you ever have the thought that everything we think we know about something is wrong? It happens to me all the time. It…
Quick Questions: Leave the Leaves
In my geographical area, and many others, a few things happen every fall: The leaves fall off the trees, we clean them up, the town collects them, and we are…
Quick Questions: Renewables
Climate activists are always talking about renewable sources of energy. Why is that? The danger isn't running out of fuel. Fossil fuels can last a long, long time. The danger…
Quick Questions: Climate Change
Does anyone else remember a while ago when they were saying that an easy thing we could do to help mitigate climate change was paint our roads and roofs white?…
Should We Trust Science?
Photo by Khashayar Kouchpeydeh on Unsplash I find myself frustrated lately. I am vaccinated and I continue to wear a mask when I go out in public. I do so…
The Subnivean Zone
We got a little over a foot of snow about a week ago. It felt like we got about a foot of rain yesterday. All the snow is gone except…
Human Challenge Trials for Coronavirus
My dad sent me this article. I've studied ethics pretty seriously, so he was curious about my opinion. Since I've been on the lookout for topics to write about, I…
Nutrition and Economics
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=136309&picture=dollar-sign-ii Nutrition is a strange science, if science is the right word for it. It acts like a science. It has hypotheses and experiments and studies. There are nutritionists who…
My Birthday
As a general rule, I don't like true stories. They are not well plotted and the characters tend to the boring side of things. I like it when the author…
Muppet Genetics
My dad asked a question the other day, "If Kermit and Piggy had kids, what would they look like?" That's a fair question. What would they look like? My first…