The Health Hacienda
The current pandemic has shown us the real value of educating the public about how scientific principles are applied to practical matters. Social distancing, masks, vaccines, tracing via testing are […]
Category: Hypothesis
GPS – Geeps?
I recently wrote a column on pendulums and another on navigation that included mention of the Global Positioning System (GPS). The latest issue of the American Scientist has an article […]
Star Trek and STEM Education
I grew up around scientists. My father was an engineer who designed and implemented complex instrumentation for scientific research at a Carnegie R1 university. He was also an amateur astronomer. […]
Galileo vs. the 50 Foot Woman
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958 science fiction film about a woman who, through some strange contact with aliens from outer space, quickly grows to be 50 […]