NANOSTORAGE: A KEY TO EFFICIENT ELECTRIFICATION
IT SOUNDS OXYMORONIC: using the incredibly tiny world of nanomaterials to optimize storage of anything. But look a little deeper: On the nano scale, the right materials have gobs of … Continue reading
WITH A SONG IN OUR HEARTS (ALL OF US)
PEOPLE SING. ALL people, with surprisingly fewer differences between cultures than within any one culture. Science, November 22, 2019, describes this in “The World in a Song,” by W. Tecumseh … Continue reading
TWO LIBRARIES LOVED BY BOB
BOB ECKSTEIN IS a talented illustrator, cartoonist, and writer frequently appearing in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Mad Magazine. In my book, high praise indeed. His recent … Continue reading
ON ENGLISH TEAS
PLEASANT MEALS IN English homes, mentioned recently at SimanaitisSays, remind me of that quintessential English practice of afternoon teas. Here are tidbits on the subject, gleaned from a little book … Continue reading
A CHRISTMAS CAROL ANNOTATIONS
WHAT WITH CHRISTMAS only four days away, I have just completed my annual reading of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, in the annotated edition, of course. Culinary aspects of Dickens’ tale … Continue reading
THE MISSING MONA CAPER
ON AUGUST 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s famed Mona Lisa disappeared from The Louvre’s Salon Carré, not to return to the museum until 1914. Was the culprit Vincenzo Peruggia simply … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY: THUG
I RECOGNIZED that the word “thug” had to do with Hindi thugees, but that was where my knowledge ended. Now that we have a thug in our country’s highest office, … Continue reading
SINGAPORE STARS
MICHELIN GUIDES WERE originally developed in 1900 to help French motorists identify motor car mechanicians as well as restaurants. Based on anonymous reviewers, Michelin began recommending restaurants with single stars … Continue reading
VARSITY ESPORTS
LARSON’S FAR SIDE offered a laugh some 15 years ago titled “Hopeful Parents.” But who’s laughing today? Not people at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Varsity … Continue reading
AUTO UNION TYPE C
THERE WAS A TIME when Grand Prix cars had front engines. Ah, but the exception was exceptional indeed: the Auto Union. What’s more, these cars were documented by two giants … Continue reading
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