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....
View ArticleA 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 Company’s staple line-up...
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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 Contributor Simon...
View ArticleBIRD 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 should be concerned about H5N1...
View ArticleETYMOLOGY: SYNCRETIZE
THE WORD GENIUS WEBSITE offers an interesting word in “syncretize.” It’s a verb, originating from Latin in the 17th century, meaning “an attempt to amalgamate or reconcile (differing things,...
View ArticleBENEFITS OF SPACE TOURISM PART 1
SPACE TOURISM ALREADY EXISTS. AAAS Science, June 14, 2024, reports, “In 2021, four passengers, including billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, rode into space on a SpaceX rocket, orbiting Earth for...
View ArticleBENEFITS OF SPACE TOURISM PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we met the four crew members of Inspiration4, the first privately funded orbital mission on a private rocket carrying private citizens. This endeavor benefited St. Jude Children’s...
View ArticleTHOUGHTS ON ORIGINALISM PART 1
“ORIGINALISM” IS DEFINED AS “the theory of interpreting legal texts holding that a text in law, especially the U.S. Constitution, should be interpreted as it was understood at the time of its...
View ArticleTHOUGHTS ON ORIGINALISM PART 2
YESTERDAY WE DEFINED “ORIGINALISM” and began exploring its various interpretations of our Constitution’s Second Amendment’s “right to bear Arms.” Today in Part 2, New York University’s Professor...
View ArticleTHE OLDEST OPERATING AIRPORTS IN THE U.S.
IT’S FUN AND STRAIGHTFORWARD: Identify the earliest U.S. airports that are still in operation. Being the A.I. luddite that I am, I did my own scraping of the Internet and came up with several sources:...
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