Happy Carl Sagan Day! 1

Carl Sagan was born on this day in 1934. He would be 78 today. He died too soon at the age of 62 in 1996. He is one of my heroes. Go read or see some of his work. If you don’t have the time for that then you are a bad person. The least ...

Smart Quote from a Smart Guy on the Economy and its Dependencies

Humans have a tendency to fall prey to the illusion that their economy is at the very center of the universe, forgetting that the biosphere is what ultimately sustains all systems, both man-made and natural. In this sense, ‘environmental issues’ are not about saving the planet—it will always survive and evolve with new combinations of ...

What’s in this Bag of Cheetos?

What's in this Bag of Cheetos?
Welp, before I turn it over and look at the list of ingredients on the back I’m going to make a guess that it is mostly corn, maybe with some cheese product and then some chemicals derived from oil. Let’s find out! Enriched Corn Meal – Cornmeal is flour ground from dried maize. It is ...

Fictive Funk: On the Last Launch of the Shuttle Atlantis

Fictive Funk: On the Last Launch of the Shuttle Atlantis
Skyward, burning lance Crossing the eternal void Taking Man starward enshrined in Science For the last time Humanity braves Infinity