POPE LEO XIV AND A.I.
HAVE YOU READ POPE LEO’S MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS? Or, instead of this exercise in Latin, its English Magnificent Humanity, all 42,300 words of it? No? Me neither. Some might be tempted … Continue reading
INVENTIONS THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH History Extra Magazine’s “What Was the Greatest Invention in History? 9 Experts Share Their Opinions.” Tidbits were gleaned from two of them in Part 1. Today, … Continue reading
INVENTIONS THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD PART 1
HISTORY EXTRA MAGAZINE POSITS “WHAT WAS THE GREATEST INVENTION IN HISTORY? 9 EXPERTS SHARE THEIR OPINIONS.” I love articles such as this, if for no other reason than to see … Continue reading
GRESLEY A3 PACIFIC—HANDLES LIKE IT’S ON RAILS
“IN AN AGE OF COMPACTS, ECONOMY CARS, MINI CARS AND OTHER TRIVIA,” R&T Contributing Editor Tony Hogg observed, “it is a great relief for us when occasionally we are able … Continue reading
ECLECTIC ELECTRICS—17 YEARS AGO PART 2
I RECENCTLY UNEARTHED THIS BEVY OF BEVS (battery electric vehicles) from March 2009 R&T. Here in Part 2, we continue with these Eclectic Electrics, including one that’s the second-quickest car … Continue reading
ECLECTIC ELECTRICS—17 YEARS AGO PART 1
IT WAS EARLY 2009 THAT R&T GOT SERIOUS ABOUT BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BEVs, for short. (And no pun intended). In February 2009, we tested the Tesla Roadster, a rolling-chassis Lotus … Continue reading
WE USTA HEAR AMERICA PINGING
“TO UNDERSTAND THIS (HISTORICAL) ABNORMALITY OF COMBUSTION,” I wrote (sans the parenthetical modifier) in R&T back in December 1979, “we’d be wise to begin by examining the combustion process as … Continue reading
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE CRETACEOUS SEA PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED FROM AAAS SCIENCE THAT THE CRETACEOUS SEA contained cephalopods of unprecedented size. Sources for this are Phie Jacobs’ “Octopus ‘Krakens’ as Large as Semi-Trucks Stalked Ancient Seas,” … Continue reading
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE CRETACEOUS SEA…. PART 1
AAAS SCIENCE TELLS US ABOUT NANIOUTEUTHUS haggarti: “the largest invertebrate ever described,” an octopus that makes even the sea-monster krakens of legend seem playful. What’s more, the 23 April 2026 … Continue reading
PUMPING URANIUM?
QUENTIN SEPTER EXPRESSES “DEEP UNEASE” in AAAS Science, April 23, 2026: “A push to expand mines that use fluids to extract uranium from aquifers is raising concerns about groundwater pollution.” … Continue reading
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