deoxygenation November 3, 2022 Article: Volcanic trigger of ocean deoxygenation during Cordilleran ice sheet retreat – article to be found here. I only skimmed this story. Its been… Continue Reading
My Spider laboratory today August 27, 2022 The little spider I mentioned who moved a yard away when a much bigger spider took over his/her web has moved back to his… Continue Reading
The eensy weensy spider – update August 23, 2022 A bit ago I wrote about my spider observations today. I can report that discretion is the better part of valor. My little spider… Continue Reading
My spider food desert and experimental lab August 23, 2022 I wrote about the spiders in my basement bathroom in one of my eclectic Duluth Reader moments a few years back. Mes Araignées. It… Continue Reading
News on my mind – End of the Earth January 29, 2021 I am going to go to Sax Zim to look for owls and escape Duluth for a few hours……I’ll see if I come back… Continue Reading
#2 12/9/2020, KISS ing Salience Goodbye December 9, 2020 INTRO Isaac Asimov was both brilliant and simple, by which I mean he wrote to be understood by all like the junior high aged… Continue Reading
NEWS I’M READING 5/23/2020 May 24, 2020 A lot of interesting things as usual but I’m only going to post one item I made sure to read. Its a NYTimes story… Continue Reading
News links on the end of the Earth 1 January 29, 2020 Just a little overstatement in the headline. No human tech for a thousand or maybe a million years will be sufficient to stop the… Continue Reading
Chernobyl November 2, 2019 A month before my Dad died in 1987 the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered a nuclear explosion that killed between 4,000 and 90,000 people… Continue Reading
Writer’s Shock May 20, 2019 The only writer’s block I ever suffered from was when I was afraid to write. My guide for this was the old maxim: “Better… Continue Reading
Into my mental Expanse March 26, 2019 Up and out of bed for four hours. Until a few moments ago when I took a ten minute break to clear my mind… Continue Reading
Gosh, a weekly Reader column…..Can I manage it? March 8, 2019 The Reader took my latest submission Galaxies and Glaciers. Cool! I don’t even mind that it (the Reader’s version) begins “ast week…” Continue Reading
a hundred year Global Warming graphic . .. August 5, 2017 . . . in 29 seconds: Its explained here on Live Science. Sorry, but Al Gore knows what he’s talking about. Continue Reading
My Earth Day review April 23, 2017 My contribution for tire mulch replacement worked out nicely: and this picture that I posted got this succinct question from “My Buddy.” “our data?”… Continue Reading
Daphnia in tire soup experiment April 18, 2017 Today’s lead story in the Trib highlighted the scientific investigations of two Duluth Middle School students. These young people were way ahead of the… Continue Reading
Ignorance is Bliss April 12, 2017 From Chapter 14 of Destiny of the Republic: A tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President: “Not only did many American… Continue Reading
you are here September 26, 2016 And how our unusual moon boosted life’s early chance to speed up evolution: Continue Reading
Solar wind not cosmic rays September 12, 2016 As fascinating as I find the subject astronomy is not my forte. As I was lazing in a hammock yesterday afternoon enjoying the temperate… Continue Reading
Paradise September 11, 2016 One of my latest sources of information and a highly visual one is Pinterest. On it a few months ago I found this arresting… Continue Reading
