FROM MOTHER EARTH TO YOUR CAR’S TANK; SLEUTHING ADDED PART 2
MOLLY BOIGON GOT US OFF TO A GOOD START with her “Fluctuating Fuel Costs: How Refiners, Retailers and Regulators Set the Price at the Pump.” We continue today in Part … Continue reading
FROM MOTHER EARTH TO YOUR CAR’S TANK; SLEUTHING ADDED PART 1
IT’S QUITE THE COMPLEX TRIP from Mother Earth’s petroleum resources to the fuel tank of your car, the diesel truck delivering your goods, or the airliner transporting you one place … Continue reading
EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I. PART 2
IN PART 1, CHANCELLOR MARIE LYNN MIRANDA’S Science Editorial promoted educating us all about optimizing our use of A.I. Today in Part 2, we offer examples of why this is … Continue reading
EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I. PART 1
“THE GREATEST RISK is not that A.I. will eliminate jobs, but that its benefits will accrue unevenly.” This, writes Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in … Continue reading
SCOUT THE SCAM!
THANKS TO ANNABELLE MILLER, AN AMBASSADOR GIRL SCOUT of Greater Los Angeles, “Scout the Scam” enriches our knowledge of three crucial things: A.I. images, cookies, and online scams. This and … Continue reading
ON PLASTICS PART 2
YESTERDAY, ZOË SCHLANGER’S REVIEW OF BETH GARDINER’S PLASTIC INC got us ankle-deep in plastic bits. Today we explore the environmental aspects of this, quite apart from the squishiness. Health Aspects. … Continue reading
ON PLASTICS PART 1
TWO QUITE DISSIMILAR THINGS got me thinking about plastics: The first was “The Japanese Have A Word For It,” here at SimanaitisSays, April 3, 2026. The particular word is mottainai … Continue reading
I REALLY LIKE THAT SONG TOO, FROGGIE
HERE’S A TANTALIZING TITLE FOR A TECHNICAL PAPER: “Humans Share Acoustic Preferences With Other Animals,” by Logan S. James et al., AAAS Science, March 19, 2026. Science editor Sacha Vignieri … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR RENEWABLES PART 2
YESTERDAY Susanna Twidale celebrated renewables approaching the halfway point of global resources. Today in Part 2 we continue with a significant renewable not cited in her report. How About Hydro? … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR RENEWABLES PART 1
IN A WORLD BESET WITH AN UNJUSTIFIED (AND LIKELY ILLEGAL) MIDDLE EAST WAR, it’s encouraging that Susanna Twidale reports “Renewables Grew to Almost 50 Percent of Global Electricity Capacity in … Continue reading
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