Since COVID-19 emerged on the global scene, the heart has been the centre of action. Cardiovascular disease increases the risk of severe illness and death, and injuries to the heart and blood vessels…

How hard is it to get "organic" certified? About as hard as you think it would be when the companies that do the "certification" only make their money certifying organic farms and collecting the fees…

Anyone writing that Einstein was fundamentally wrong has not understood General Relativity.  There are really two different things which are General Relativity.  There are the principles…

"Hygiene theater", the kind of symbolism that makes people feel like they are caring about their fellow humans, isn't going away, so get used to having someone unqualified stick a thermometer up to…

If you are old enough to remember Baghdad Bob, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf was the spokesperson for Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein who, no matter how bad things were, insisted they were on the verge of…

There are lots of advertisements for 5G cellular service but it still isn't available in most places, and devices that take advantage of it are in relatively low use. Better quality cat videos…

In the previous post I mentioned a research project that I was about to conclude, centered on the detection of anomalies in multidimensional data. Here I would like to give some more detail of that…

The modern research university was designed to produce new knowledge and to pass that knowledge on to students. North American universities over the last 100 years have been exceptionally good at…

Here are some interesting YouTube videos, from which I have learned quite a bit: Mushballs on Jupiter. Terrestrial meteorology is an intricate subject, so how about a planet which could be said to be…

The biggest mistake a company can make is treating its customers like they are criminals. While "The Soup Nazi" was a fun bit on "Seinfeld", and there are some instances where you can adapt a 'take…