BIRD FLU—YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR HUMANITY?
THE BIRD FLU VIRUS H5N1 has been spreading around the world for two decades now. However, current assessments are that most of us have little need to worry. Those who … Continue reading
A MOGGIE CELEBRATION PART 2
WE CONTINUE YESTERDAY’S CELEBRATION OF MY FAVORITE sports car as detailed in my favorite car magazine, Classic & Sports Car. Today in Part 2, we pick up with C&SC’s Senior … Continue reading
A MOGGIE CELEBRATION PART 1
HURRAH FOR MY FAVORITE car magazine celebrating my favorite sports car! The June 2024 issue of Classic & Sports Car observes that “In the past five years, the Morgan Motor … Continue reading
CONGRESSIONAL GOOFING AROUND WITH GOF PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN SHARING A DIALOGUE of two scientists commenting at AAAS’s Community Forum about the virological term “gain of function.” Today we continue this knowledgable commentary from Drs. Robert … Continue reading
CONGRESSIONAL GOOFING AROUND WITH GOF PART 1
THERE’S A POLITICIZING OF SCIENCE THESE DAYS. Lamentable but not surprising, given the current dysfunction of our national legislative body. As a case in point, Republicans are keen on convincing … Continue reading
PUR SANG TIDBITS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE ENJOYED SEVERAL TIDBITS from Pur Sang, a publication of the American Bugatti Club. Today in Part 2, we focus on fascinating applications of the differential: one in Bugatti … Continue reading
PUR SANG TIDBITS PART 1
MY COLLECTION OF MAGAZINES includes several of Pur Sang published by the American Bugatti Club. In fact, correspondence in its Thirty-Fifth Anniversary issue, 1960-1995, Winter 1995, prompted “Venice Grand Prix” … Continue reading
THE CASE OF THE KERNLESS “f” AND MISFIT “?”
SOME BOOK REVIEWS ARE JUST AS MUCH as I want to know. Others, like Gill Partington’s “Every Watermark and Stain,” London Review of Books, June 20, 2024, encourage me to … Continue reading
THE VENICE GRAND PRIX
NO, NOT A GONDOLA RACE. And not in Italy, but in Venice, California, March 17, 1915. What’s more, I learned about this Venice Grand Prix by leafing through the Winter … Continue reading
CC Me—And Be Thankful for Cамиздат
AN OLD-TIME RADIO REFERENCE got me thinking of carbon paper. (What’s ‘carbon paper,’ Grandpa?) Here are selected tidbits gleaned from one place or another. Carbon Paper. Wikipedia notes, “Carbon paper (originally carbonic … Continue reading
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