During these days with headlines still, unfortunately, about (pardon the expression) Trump, I recommend escaping with science, which is certainly more interesting and less depressing than current politics. Every Tuesday the Science Section of the New York Times continues to present mind-bending reports. Imagine, shrimp hop out of the water, walk over rocks until [...]
Time can be precise, relative or subjective; it can be viewed as past, present or future. It’s ironic that despite time’s dominant influence in our lives and conceptual importance in understanding the universe, time remains too elusive for a single definition. For example, Italian theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli provides a fascinating discussion of time in [...]
...But the next election rescued you from imminent disaster. Finally, a normal person comes along, a good dude, miraculously wins, becomes president. Yes! ... However, the defeated villain doesn’t say, “I’m sorry. Good luck. I’m behind you all the way. ..." Instead of an olive branch, he/she grabs a golf club and says, “See, I won. Smashed par like I smashed everything else. I’m a smasher!"... The stoplight has turned from red to green. I don’t need a policeman’s blessing or a driver’s manual to know that I can push the accelerator and continue my journey.
A recent Science magazine article on aging chimpanzees and social interactions caught my eye, and not just because I’m aging myself. Evolution is fascinating! Socially Speaking Social theory suggests we humans put greater awareness on social relationships as we age. One theory is that this is due to our increasing awareness of the passage [...]
Amelia, a perfectionist, was crushed, bitterly disappointed, devastated. Depressed, she likened her failure to the cliché “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” She had been confident that this time – finally – she would achieve her aim. A lover of literature and retired after a successful career as a lawyer, she aspired to write and took a series of workshops in fiction.
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