Everybody knows about Google. The popular search engine is so well-known that Google has become a verb, as in “I Googled his name.” But everyone also knows that finding exactly what you are looking for on Google can sometimes be frustrating. For example, a search for ‘computers‘ will return about 575,000,000 possibly related websites. It … Read more
Stuff. What is it really? Where does it come from and where does it go when we are done with it? According to the experts, stuff moves through a system, from extraction, to production, to distribution, to consumption, and finally, to disposal. Altogether it’s called the “The Materials Economy“. That’s the simplistic view we’ve been … Read more
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the largest physics laboratory in the world. At this giant facility, which straddles the border between Switzerland and France near Geneva, more than 7000 scientists study the building blocks of matter and the forces that hold them together: tiny particles much smaller than atoms, such as quarks, … Read more
The last time I checked, getting a driver’s license still required passing an eye exam. But if my experience driving back from Key West the other night is any indication, the bulk of drivers traveling Florida highways are either driving without licenses or they paid off the examiners. At the end of the 100-mile long … Read more
News flash on the status of my new apartment: I have hot water in the kitchen! Actually, I think it was always there; I just couldn’t figure out how to get to it. Seems the hot and cold lines are reversed, so I don’t get hot water unless I push the lever all the way … Read more
