The Borup Fiord Pass Glacier Astrobiology research team (L to R): Christopher Trivedi, Steve Grasby, Alexis Templeton, Graham Lau, and John Spear. In addition to advancing microbiology, this research team proved that humans can indeed hover. (Courtesy of John Spear).
I do some writing for the Colorado School of Mines, which is really one helluvan institution…
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Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore, died early Monday Singapore time at age 91. I had, despite living in Asia (Japan) for three years in the mid-1990s, never heard of him until a fall 1998 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy class on the “Theory of Statecraft.” Carnes Lord, a double-PhD…
Courtesy Ball Aerospace.
A closely held secret among journalists is that, once you write a story, the mind tends to shed the details rather hastily. And so, despite seeming authoritative -- and actually being rather authoritative -- for the duration of a given story and for a day or two afterward, it fades fast. Hence the…
My driver’s license expires at the end of December, so I decided today was a good time to get in and get it renewed. I had to go in-person, the ten-year license I was issued in 2004 not allowing online renewal. So I watched my eight year old climb on the big yellow school bus…
Dylan Hitchcock-Lopez of Seashaken, here demonstrably in fishmonger (as opposed to philosopher) mode.
My favorite philospher-fishmonger of all time, Dylan Hitchkock-Lopez, has launched Kickstarter campaign for his startup business, Seashaken. Be sure to click on the video - well worth the 2:40.
The Grist story linked above (and again right there. Sorry to be redundant. Did I…