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Nearly every culture on Earth has an origin story. We humans have always had a driving desire to know where we came from and how we got here. Many years before science started giving us the answers we sought, our…
It was probably not the intent of neolithic farmers 10,000 years ago to turn a type of wild grass into one of today’s multi-billion-dollar crops. They were merely trying to render edible the plants they found growing around them. These…
We’ve all heard the expression “publish or perish” when applied to an academic career. Many universities, for example, require a certain level of publication in scholarly journals in order for an instructor to get tenure. Although Thomas Harriot was not…
Some of us are maturally challenged that is, stuck in overly emotional adolescence in which our decision-making abilities are limited and short-sighted. We often act before we thoroughly assess the long-term implications of our actions. And the more political power…
There are a few inventions humans have come up with that literally changed our behavior patterns. Probably the first two that come to mind are agriculture and language. We must eat and we must communicate. For thousands of years early…
On December 2, 1942 at 3:25pm the world changed. That was when a team of about 48 scientists led by physicist Enrico Fermi was able to achieve the world’s first sustained nuclear chain reaction. Also important on that fateful day…
What do the numbers 0, 32, 273.15, and 491.67 have in common? They all tell the freezing point of water from liquid to solid, giving us four ways to say the same thing depending on where you are and what…
Several cultures throughout human history have had some form of sun worship. One of the most famous was the worship of Ra (pronounced ray) by the ancient Egyptians. Depicted as a man with the head of a falcon with a…
Early America, like today, had its controversial figures. Most early colonists came to America to acquire land and establish a home without much interference from a strong government and certainly no unnecessary taxes. The first European settlers who arrived in…
Living, learning, relating to others. It all comes down to you and me and how we manage our conduct in light of our philosophies, our political and social biases, our love and compassion for each other, our dislike for each…
