Space is a Crowded Place
Space satellites may soon have to be capable of parallel parking if it gets any more crowded. And it definitely WILL!
science
On Herd Immunity: or Not
Path of least resistance AND looking at new ways of getting information (mostly for me) out of my “second brain” of Roam Research (“networked tool for thought) and into a place that has at least a weak possibility of finding its way into other minds and unlikely conversation: So I will, from time to time, … Read more
Global Worming
Non-native earthworms are perhaps the most serious of invasive land pests. Learn about them and avoid spreading them when possible.
One Word, Benjamin: Plastics
This advice was innocent enough, in a smarmy and ominously-prescient sort of way when the “the graduate” got this insider tip so many decades ago. It was certainly the way the world of profit and growth were going, even then, on our way to a shrink-wrapped future. And woe to us, the tsunami of plastic … Read more
Snot Otters To Be Proud Of
Some 50-60 folks (mostly from nearby Blacksburg I think) gathered in the damp gloom of the Rising Silo Brewery in the rain for the first gathering of the “Tap into Science” group. The focal point was the Eastern Hellbender (or Snot Otter or Old LasagnaSides, or…) as presented to the group by Dr. Bill Hopkins,  a … Read more