One of the things I discovered about myself as I traveled around the world last year is that I really like art. All kinds of art. I can spend an entire day in an art museum and have only seen a small portion of what it has to offer. I am especially intrigued by artists … Read more
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
I looked up from my corner table in the cafe of Sarasota News and Books just as the couple sitting on the couch prepared to leave. I paid them little notice as they made their way to the front door. A moment later I glanced up and noticed a worn book lying on the coffee … Read more
