Quark Soup by David Appell

Fascism creeps more into America every day--literally, every day--and other people are protesting by standing around with signs in their han...

Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire, US, at 185 km 2 (71.4 mi 2 ) (8.4 mi) 2 . I still find it interesting because for ...

Andreas Schleicher, the head of education and skills at the O.E.C.D., told The Financial Times , “Thirty percent of Americans read at a leve...

Sheesh. Via:  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/global/time-series/globe/tavg/land_ocean/1/0/1850-2025

At least Elon Musk's popularity (in the US) is tanking. Or at least declining:   Imagine the richest person in the world getting to de...

“Suffering is a misunderstanding,” Shevek said, leaning forward, his eyes wide and light. He was still lanky, with big hands, protruding ...

Movie trailer , from an Australian director who posits that actor Henry Fonda was the embodiment of America itself.  "Caged and fighti...

Very cool:

Pardon me, I try to avoid blogging about hockey, but this is an amazing goal by Brian Rust of the [my] Pittsburgh Penguins.   Notice h...

The NSIDC says that Arctic sea ice just set a record for the lowest annual maximum. This is from their press release. I've abbreviated ...

from "The COSPAR planetary protection requirements for space missions to Venus," María Paz Zorzano et al, Life Sciences in Space ...

An article in the NY Times ( free link ) reports on a World Meteorological Organization report that says the 10 warmest years in the surfa...