MEZZANOTE PAPPARDELLE: BUON APPETITO!
THIS MIDNIGHT GOBBLE is one of the quickest meals to fix, though it calls for an oddly stocked larder: olive oil (easy), garlic (of course), Parmesan cheese (no problem), red … Continue reading
WOZNIAK DISSENTS ON FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
STEVE WOZNIAK, one would think, would be a proponent of fully autonomous vehicles. However, within the last month, Wozniak spoke at a J.D. Power Auto Revolution conference in Las Vegas … Continue reading
SYSTEMATOLOGY (WITH SOME DIALECTIC MATERIALISM TOSSED IN) PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED Chinese mathematician Hsue-Shen Tsien’s characterization of systematology, an interdisciplinary approach to studying open, complex, giant systems. Today in Part 2, we’ll continue examining this innovative philosophy of … Continue reading
SYSTEMATOLOGY (WITH SOME DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM TOSSED IN) PART 1
A GLOSSY 56-PAGE supplement to a weekly Science magazine offers information on systematology, an innovative approach to interdisciplinary studies. Coming as it does from the People’s Republic of China, it … Continue reading
A TREASURE OF GREENLAND DIRT
BACK IN THE 1960s, the U.S. military Camp Century in Greenland was publicized as a scientific research base. Actually, though, Camp Century, about 150 miles east of Thule Air Base, … Continue reading
GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME! OR MAYBE NOT
IN MY FAIR LADY, Alfred P. Doolittle sings “Get Me to the Church on Time.” However, this signifies a marked turnaround from his being one of London’s “undeserving poor.” Henry … Continue reading
2020 (MID-ENGINE!) CORVETTE PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE saw how a 1980 mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette nearly came to be. By the mid 1970s, the XP-882 had evolved into a production-ready fulfillment of chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov’s … Continue reading
