Image Credit: Down to the wire (IMAGE), Yale University Topics: Biotechnology, Civilization, Climate Change, Nanotechnology Accelerated climate change is a major and acute threat to life on Earth. Rising temperatures are caused by atmospheric methane, which is 30 times more potent than CO2 at trapping heat. Microbes are responsible for generating half of this methane. Elevated temperatures are also acceleratingContinue reading “Nanowires and Climate Change…”
Category Archives: Civilization
Silicon Gaslighting…
Image source: Black Planet dot com Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Note: I had my bridge removed by a periodontist. That’s not as trivial as I thought it would be, recalling me pulling my baby teeth at the age of six. My pain management regimen consisted of 600 mgContinue reading “Silicon Gaslighting…”
Challenging Utopia…
Note: The origin of my harshness was this, ON the day we laid Tyre Nichols to rest, I was commenting on a police report of a double amputee being shot to death by the police. Trolls have to troll. After my rebuttal, I heard nothing else. Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights,Continue reading “Challenging Utopia…”
Small Steps, Large Changes…
A vertical shock tube at Los Alamos National Laboratory is used for turbulence studies. Sulfur hexafluoride is injected at the top of the 5.3-meter tube and allowed to mix with air. The waste is ejected into the environment through the blue hose at the tube tower’s lower left; in the fiscal year 2021, such emissions madeContinue reading “Small Steps, Large Changes…”
Outcomes, Language and Syntax…
Credit: michaelmjc/Getty Images (chalkboard); Scientific American (words and design) Topics: Biofuels, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism Climate change is already disrupting the lives of billions of people. What was once considered a problem for the future is raging all around us right now. This reality has helped convince a majority of the public that we must act toContinue reading “Outcomes, Language and Syntax…”
The New McCarthyism…
New liberal ad ties presumptive future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to ‘red scare’ icon Joseph McCarthy, Peter Weber, The Week Topics: Civics, Civilization, Democracy, Economics, Existentialism, Fascism Debt Ceiling and Dystopia The debt limit does not authorize new spending commitments. It simply allows the government to finance existing legal obligations that Congresses and presidents ofContinue reading “The New McCarthyism…”
Wonderful…
Image Source: MedPage Today Topics: Biology, Biotechnology, Civilization, COVID-19, DNA, Epidemiology Currently authorized bivalent COVID-19 boosters demonstrated similar protection against symptomatic illness from the XBB/XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariants as from BA.5-related subvariants, according to a CDC study. From December 2022 to January 2023, the bivalent boosters’ vaccine effectiveness (VE) against symptomatic infection was a similar 48%Continue reading “Wonderful…”
Hierarchy, Power, and Resources…
The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode three: succession in Wessex, Sarah Hughes, The Guardian Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism The modern martial arts belt ranking system started emerging in 1907 when the creator of Judo, Jigoro Kano, introduced the iconic Judo uniform and belt. Before that, his students practiced traditional Japanese kimonos.Continue reading “Hierarchy, Power, and Resources…”
Tribute to the Trekkie…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, History, Human Rights Note: Sourced from https://physics4thecool.blogspot.com/2011/10/honoring-trekkie.html, my previous blog posting site. “If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness.” Dr.Continue reading “Tribute to the Trekkie…”
Kindred and Us…
Image source: Carter Matt dot com Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Star Trek Note: Apologies for the late and last 2022 blog post. My laptop has had its own mind lately. My “Rotten Tomatoes” review: “I’ve been a fan of Octavia Butler since reading my first novel by her, “Mind of MyContinue reading “Kindred and Us…”
Physics and Nano 