The A Capella Science YouTube channel offers a remarkably good adaptation of the song “A Whole New World” from Disney’s Aladdin. In this version, it’s about the hunt for exoplanets orbiting other stars, concluding with a brief reference to the … Continue reading
A repeated premise in horror movies and kid’s nightmares is the ventriloquist dummy or doll that comes to life. It seems to me that the Glove & Boots puppets might be even scarier, especially given what they do to the … Continue reading
This is a curious result that apparently (unlike some other things in psychology) is repeatable: People given a task requiring creativity (such as coming up with as many ways as possible to use paper cups) tend to do better if … Continue reading
Two years ago today Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, died of brain cancer. A little over a year later I lost my youngest brother, also to brain cancer. Last year President Obama named Joe Biden to head … Continue reading
During the campaign Donald Trump repeatedly promised to attack Washington’s corruption, specifically the cycling of people between government and lobbying. It was a crowd-pleasing line and a welcome notion across the political spectrum, at least for people not taking advantage … Continue reading
I’m not sure how I missed this, but if I did, someone else might have done so as well. On 2015 October 21 I was on a flight and saw another passenger with a copy of USA Today with the … Continue reading
Brief and amusing comparison of scandals under Trump and Obama, courtesy of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Link: https://youtu.be/DDIoiTyK7S0 by … Continue reading
There are a lot of major things going on in the world besides Donald Trump. A few examples with links to more information: Famine endangers 20 million people in Africa (Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan) and the Middle East (Syria and Yemen), … Continue reading
Here’s another John Green vlog post I like, one March 28 but still very timely, on the subject of health insurance in the U.S. and the dismal level of conversation about it. Link: https://youtu.be/09RvU9_m30Q Passion tends to far exceed information … Continue reading
Everybody, me included, lately seems to be finding fault with President Trump, so in fairness I thought I’d share this video clip courtesy of Late Night with Seth Meyers, in which Meyers and his former (and now slimmer) SNL colleague … Continue reading