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So You Want To Dance On The Ceiling?

Fred Astaire is, of course, beyond compare. As a dancer, he had already set the bar for everyone and then he set it a lot higher when he appeared in 1951's "Royal Wedding" at age 52. Echoing a Voodoo shaman, he animated what most of us regar ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 20 2013 - 5:56pm

Compassion in Adversity

Compassion in Adversity It is not our petty squabbles that define what it is to be human: it is our compassion in the hour of adversity.  The Oklahoma tornado demonstrates this. "There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, and bedroom ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 21 2013 - 12:00pm

For my readers, I am finishing my thesis.

My readers may wonder what I have been doing.   The answer is I have been working on my thesis is the area of astrophysics.  With much help from my advisor Dr. Anuj P. Sarma I am finally finishing.  ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 24 2013 - 7:52am

Architectural Folly And Trumpery

Architectural Folly And Trumpery In 1984 Prince Charles provoked controversy when he called a proposed extension to London's National Gallery a "monstrous carbuncle". What is good and what is bad about architecture?  Science and engineering ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 31 2013 - 8:41pm

Measuring areas

"And why do we measure areas with square centimeters?" "Because it would be much harder to fit in there round centimeters, silly!" (From a conversation with my daughter) ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 12 2013 - 1:51pm

No Sense Of Humor Gene? Republicans Don't Want To Be On NPR

NPR has a trivia show called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me and host Peter Sagal is surprised that they don't get Republicans on it. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 17 2013 - 3:40pm

Party Like It's 1776

Party Like It's 1776 "These colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 7 2013 - 6:22pm

Speaking With a Forked Tongue

Speaking With a Forked Tongue My regular readers will likely have noticed that I thoroughly enjoy chasing down the truth behind things which are commonly accepted as facts.  I am fortunate to have the gift of being able to spot cracks in arguments as well ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 7 2013 - 6:58pm

The Arnhem Factor

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Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jul 7 2013 - 7:10pm

Not Just Singing: Choir Members' Heart Rates Modulate In Unison

When the members of a choir sing their heart beats are synchronized, according to a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg. The pulse of performing choir members tend to increase and decrease in unison.  In the research project &qu ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2013 - 10:11pm