RFK JR AND FLUORIDATION—AAAS COMMENTS PART 1
PUTTING RFK JR. IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, to some of us, may seem darkly satirical given his brain-worm, whale-head, bear-corpse, and anti-vaccine proclivities, not to say other batshit conspiracy … Continue reading
AIRPLANE DOUBLE FEATURES PART 1
READER TOM ASKS, “How about an article on flying films?” Readers Bob and Andrew each responded with favorites. Indeed, here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow is a … Continue reading
BEES DO IT; DAVENPORT KIDS ASPIRED TO IT; THE DALAI LAMA ALMOST DIDN’T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
DIVERSITY OF INFORMATION is a hallmark of Science, published weekly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Recently, the magazine offered research on apian geometry, a book review … Continue reading
GODZILLA—AND CHANGING TIMES
SINCE ITS 1954 film debut, Godzilla has doubled in size, breaking all sorts of guidelines in evolutionary theory. It’s more along the lines of the Hollywood dictum that if one … Continue reading
TIDBITS FROM AAAS
THE AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and its weekly Science magazine share knowledge with an audience broader than readers of pure scientific journals. These tidbits gleaned … Continue reading
SCIENCE AND EVIDENTIAL TRUTH
SCIENCE CONSISTS of following evidence in seeking truth. This succinct characterization comes from comments made by Rush Holt, in his editorial “Democracy’s Plight,” in Science, February 1, 2019. “Observers,” Holt … Continue reading
A YEAR IN REVIEW
I THANK YOU ALL for your readership. Here’s an overview of this year’s SimanaitisSays categories and frequencies of their appearance: And Furthermore (120 items); Science & Technology (59); I Usta … Continue reading
SCIENCE FOR DILETTANTES
DON’T BE put off by “dilettantes.” In most areas of modern science, many of us qualify as having what Merriam-Webster calls “a superficial interest in an art or branch of … Continue reading
WHACHAMACALLIT?
SCIENCE TYPICALLY avoids the word “whachamacallit,” which, with cool dictionary humor, Merriam-Webster defines as a “thingamajig.” What’s more, humor possibly thought rare for science is discussed in Gregory R. Goldsmith’s … Continue reading
SCIENCE TIDBITS PART 2
THE AMERICAN Association for the Advancement of Science publishes a weekly magazine, Science. Yesterday’s SimanaitisSays offered Part 1 of its recent tidbits. Here’s Part 2. Could artificial intelligences get the … Continue reading
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