I know. You are desperate to play the game. To search for your ancestors.
Not all of us are lucky enough to have living relatives who know our history. I learned about mine from my grandparents and great-grandparents. And, since part of the story always sounded just a “little”, I engaged in some fairly early DNA research. But, that certainly is different from the kind that is done now.
Continue reading You’re a Match!
George Kelling just died. Oh, you may not know his name (he was a professor at Harvard decades ago), but you know his big theory.
Continue reading You light up my life
Time. It’s important- mostly because of what we do with it. Or, what we don’t.
We used to tell time with sundials. Until we were able to develop sophisticated mechanical pieces that made our obsession with the time be possible, regardless of the weather. My religion uses the concept of hours- but those hours change in length as the day gets longer or shorter- since daylight is defined as containing 12 ‘hours’- and so is night-time.
Continue reading Baby, it’s dark outside!
Did you ever see Minority Report? The wonderful short story by Philip Dick, made into a movie by Steven Spielberg? Where the police arrest people for thinking about perpetrating a crime in the greater DC area? Well, it’s not science fiction any more! Not if you live in Santa Cruz…
Continue reading Science Fiction eventually becomes Science Fact