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Colony Collapse Disorder is No Longer Honey Bees' Primary Threat
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) appears to have peaked within North American and Europe. CCD, of course is the malady where they mysteriously leave the hive. It still a threat, but some scientists...
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Why Do Elderly Walk Slowly?
Older runners are disturbingly aware they cannot run as fast as they did when they were younger. The usual explanation is loss of muscle mass. As we age, we eventually lose 30 percent of our muscle...
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Disappearing Insects and Natural Science
Millennials probably don't remember, but cleaning windshields after a road trip used to be a bother. I have posted several times about the disappearing honey bee, but it appears that that all insects...
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What is the Truth About E-Cigarettes?
Probably you know someone that smokes cigarettes and you wonder whether you should counsel them to try using e-cigarettes instead. Should you or shouldn't you?A couple of sources that I trust -...
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Who Defines Right for Artificial Intelligence?
I had difficulty choosing an image to represent artificial intelligence (AI). Eventually it will be globally interconnected systems and systems. And that is when it becomes particularly worrisome....
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Only Part of Mr. Spock
The iPhone or Android we carry has long surpassed the capabilities of the Star Trek Communicators. As more health apps are developed, our smartphone will surpass the Star Trek Tricorder as well. The...
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Alzheimer's Hope?
At the 2018 Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Chicago, a drug named BAN2401 has showed some promise in preventing beta amyloid plaques from forming in addition to reducing existing...
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Book Review - Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Vietnam
This past week I read, Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Vietnam, by James M. Dixon. I have read several books from a national and strategic history perspective, but never from an...
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Vascular Drainage a Link to Alzheimer's Disease?
I keep looking for hope in the battle against Alzheimer's Disease. Recently Virginia Tech published research that sounds plausible. Study identifies possible treatment target for Alzheimer’s,...
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Science Rediscovers the Concept of Margin
Before the Sony Walkman or Sony Trinitron, Japanese manufacturers embraced a concept named Just-in-Time-Manufacturing. Instead of building large warehouses to stock the components necessary for...
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