Monthly Archives: November 2017

20 11, 2017

The Two Faces of Transitions

By |2020-03-30T08:34:46-04:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Perpectives, Science|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

There can be no progress in life without transitions – the ability to move from one state to another. The transitions can be physical, emotional, intellectual, whatever. If not for evolution, Earth would be lifeless. Evolution is all about transitions in genetics resulting in new species. Without mutations – biochemical changes in DNA – there [...]

8 11, 2017

Should We Be Death Cleaning?

By |2020-03-30T08:35:55-04:00November 8th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Perpectives|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

As a scientist, I lived in a world of “How?” rather than “Why?”  We may have strong feelings for the reason something works the way it does – why sickness strikes one person and not another, or why Dartmouth accepted Mary and not Joe – but the answer will remain contentious. “Why?” is a moral, [...]

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