Category Archives: sciences

a trillion here, a trillion there

I never hear the US debt limit mentioned except in the context of raising it. Why have a limit at all, if whenever it is approached Congress routinely raises it? I notice that it is already higher than the trigger … Continue reading

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health and hormones

Interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell on the creation of The Pill. (Link from Quare) 2020: That article is lost, but here is a newer one on the same subject.

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SiO2 is only the main course

Take a close look at sand. Amazing variety! — What has that in common with the International Association of Fake Universities? I got both links from JWalk.

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strange repulsors

What’s going on here?

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US v Rosenthal

No surprise here: ‘Guru of Ganja’ Found Guilty of Federal Marijuana Charges. (Link from Rational Review.) Deliberating for a day, the 12-member jury concluded that Rosenthal, the self-described “Guru of Ganja,” was growing more than 1,000 plants, conspiring to cultivate … Continue reading

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looking at us from Cydonia

Found in the archives, 1998 April 06: JPL has now released a processed image of the Face on Mars. . . . It looks nothing like a face. Is too! It’s a face whose left side shows the ravages of some disease, … Continue reading

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here’s Cal Worthington . . .

Fascinating article. Boston Globe Online / Health | Science / A mystery in black and white Charles Darwin wrote: “Not a single domestic animal can be named which has not in some country drooping ears.” Not just dog breeds, but … Continue reading

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