Glutathione, and other supplements purported to boost our bodies’ ability to make more of it, are touted in the March 2018 issue of the flier from Natural Grocers, here in Las Cruces. It’s another case of looking for a magic bullet for health. Actually, they propose a fusillade of magic Read more…
Here’s a simple (simplistic?) argument that we experience time in logarithmic fashion. Intro: When we were young, it seemed to take ages to get older – to the next grade in school, to the next stop on a long drive, to wait till Christmas or another holiday. There are so Read more…
This multilayered post can be followed from one PDF document, or by the explicit links given below in the description of the whole study. The post covers: Teaching: Working with students to make a light intensity detector using a photodiode. It measures photon flux density in the visible portion of Read more…
Science: let’s take a look, on radio KTAL LP FM, Las Cruces, New Mexico: I host an hour-long show each Tuesday at 12-1 PM, Mountain Time. Find it at 101.5 on the FM dial if you’re in Las Cruces, or stream it live on lccommunityradio.org or radioquetal.org. I cover a Read more…
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of my favorite persons. I imagine myself at times traveling with him, John Oliver, and Bill Bryson. Still, we all put out some stuff that needs comments or corrections. I just went through Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Abridged Edition (National Geographic, 2016). He Read more…
30 November 2017. My presentation at the New Mexico statewide climate conference on 28 October is up on YouTube. I spoke about the biological effects of climate change, which have concerned me for decades. The conference was organized by the Citizens Climate Lobby, as the first of its kind for Read more…