SCIENCE FOR ARTIES, POETRY FOR TECHIES
WE LAMENT THESE DAYS the chasms of thought between this and that, reds and blues, one thing and another. Occasionally, though, a unifying aspect appears. And so it is with … Continue reading
INFANCY TIDBITS
ONE INTERESTING FACT LEADS to another. As an example, the Interesting Facts website recently noted that “Babies Blink Less Than Adults.” Here are tidbits gleaned from this report and from … Continue reading
STAYING DRY, MINISCULE-FASHION
THIS IS A SMALL SIMANAITISSAYS ITEM DESCRIBING really small stuff, nanoparticles that help to keep things dry. The report from A? Aalto University, October 23, 2023, announces, “Revised method to … Continue reading
VINTAGE DIGITAL
WE LOVE VINTAGE CARS, VINTAGE WATCHES, vintage wines. Why not vintage digital? Moore’s Law predicted quite accurately a two-year obsolescence of almost anything digital, but what of the discarded stuff? … Continue reading
PSITTACIDAE ANGELINOS
THERE ARE LIKELY MORE RED-CROWNED PARROTS in Los Angeles than in their native range in Mexico. This tidbit caught my eye when KTLA5’s Travis Schlep asked “Why Are There So … Continue reading
A REALLY SOLID IDEA NEARING FRUITION
BACK IN APRIL 2022, SIMANAITISSAYS wrote “Solid-state Batteries” When? If? Whose?” Today, only 18 months later we can forgo the “if,” give the “when” a 2027-2028, and, as suggested, associate … Continue reading
A POCKETFUL OF COMPUTATIONS
JAMES VINCENT’S “INSTRUMENTAL TRICKS,” London Review of Books, October 5, 2023, isn’t about the musical variety, but rather computational: It’s a review of Keith Houston’s Empire of the Sum: The … Continue reading
CAGING H2
IN AAAS SCIENCE, September 28, 2023, Robert F. Service writes, “Chemical Cages Could Store Hydrogen, Expand Use of Clean-burning Fuel.” Service says, “Hydrogen seems like the perfect fuel. By weight … Continue reading
ON CANINE AUDITORY PROCESSING
“WHO’S A CUTE PUPPY?” ASKS AAAS Science, September 15, 2023, in a Research item titled “Auditory Processing.” The item is based on a paper by Anna Gergely et al. published … Continue reading
OVERDOING IT
IS THERE BETTER LIVING THROUGH OPTIMIZATION? Not necessarily, posits mathematical modeler Coco Krumme in her new book Optimal Illusions. In their review of the book in Science, September 14, 2023, … Continue reading
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