Lona's wedding ring I’m still trying to figure it out. At about 5:30 in the morning Lona and I were in Suburban Hospital; at 7:30 she was scheduled for hip replacement surgery. She gave me her watch and wedding ring of 48 years to hold until she came home after surgery. I placed [...]
At breakfast last Sunday morning, June 11, my wife Lona wished me, with a touching card, a Happy Father’s Day. That evening we went out for a romantic dinner together to celebrate. I was surprised how easy it was to get a reservation at a restaurant, and then how many empty tables there were on [...]
Creativity is often judged by novel productions of one sort or another, such as science discoveries that lead to new paradigms; art creations, such as paintings, sculptures or prints; literature, including innovative novels, poems or essays; music compositions; even original thoughts, or for that matter, old thoughts considered in new perspectives. My father Gregor [...]
Think about what you like and the choices you’ve made throughout your life – the clothes you buy, the spouse you chose, the books you read or the art that attracts you – and then ask yourself, why those? Why not others? Objective reasons will no doubt play a major role for choices that are [...]
Comb jellies such as Mnemiopsis leidyi have a through-gut, challenging when this evolutionary innovation arose. Photo by William E. Browne, Science Magazine Don’t minimize the importance of poop (shit to be more explicit), and don’t mistakenly think that calling someone an asshole is necessarily an insult anymore. And, once again, you can thank a variety [...]
Scientific observations suggest that Aurelia aurita, a moon jellyfish, can age backwards. The ability to regenerate missing parts is not only an invaluable survival strategy in biology, it’s also potentially of great medical importance. Observations by Jinru He, a graduate student at China’s Xiamen University, suggest that Aurelia aurita, a moon jellyfish, goes a [...]
