PIGEON NAV PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT PIGEON NAVIGATION, thanks to writers and researchers published in AAAS Science, May 28, 2026. Today, the researchers offer details of their methodology. Pigeon Liver … Continue reading
PIGEON NAV PART 1
HOW DO PIGEONS PERFORM THEIR HOMING? “Getting Home in the Dark,” by Simon Spiro and Hal Drakesmith, Science, May 28, 2026, gives key points of the research report “Homing Pigeons … Continue reading
ONE RICH CAT, SORTA
THE SUBHEAD TO CHRIS HEATH’S PIECE “The Richest Cat in the World,” The Atlantic, May 18, 2026, is “Did Karl Lagerfeld really leave millions to his blue-cream Birman, Choupette?” Here … Continue reading
AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATORS FROM C&SC
THE BRIT CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR CONTINUES TO BE MY FAVORITE AUTO MAGAZINE. As an example, it recently discussed “25 Automotive Innovators” online. Among the 25 listed chronologically were familiar … Continue reading
HI, CLAUDE; HELLO, MYTHOS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Professor Paul Taylor’s LRB Diary “Ask Claude.” Today in Part 2, he continues with our introduction to Mythos and Anthropic’s novel idea of A.I. … Continue reading
HI, CLAUDE; HELLO, MYTHOS PART 1
HELLO AGAIN TO PROFESSOR PAUL TAYLOR, Health Informatics specialist at University College London. He has helped us here at SimanaitisSays in Covid days with “A Glimpse at SIR Modeling,” (as … Continue reading
FOR SALE—A FERRARI SIXTY YEARS AGO
IT’S FUN TO READ ABOUT CARS OFFERED FOR SALE IN R&T’S “MARKET PLACE.” But necessary, of course, to consult the CPI Inflation Calculator converting the values (and tempering our times … Continue reading
MATHS, MUSIC—AND ACROSTICS
FULL DISCLOSURE: I HAVE A PH.D. IN MATHEMATICS, which the British charmingly refer to as “maths.” But I confess to only a vague understanding of musical composition. And, with an … Continue reading
BEN FRANKLIN’S WISDOM
ADAM LIPTAK POSITS “WERE THE CONSTITUTION’S AUTHORS a Little Too Optimistic?,” The New York Times. The article’s subhead: “The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it … Continue reading
IDENTIFYING AN OBSCURE EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
SO THERE I WAS, ON AN ERRAND of something or other, listening to SiriusXM “40s Junction.” As usual, I was delighting in The Great American Songbook, a topic appearing here … Continue reading
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