by admin | Jan 12, 2012 | News
The Clarendon Dry Pile at Oxford University is a strange, candelabrum-looking device under a tall glass dome. The Guinness Book of World Records lists it as the “world’s most durable battery,” and credits it with “ceaseless...
by admin | Jan 5, 2012 | News
It’s January, the season of New Year’s resolutions. One of mine is to spend more time in the truck. I love my truck, but in the dead of winter, I have to force myself to drive it. It’s not as good on slippery roads as the old Suburu; it guzzles fuel;...
by admin | Dec 29, 2011 | News
Writing on deadline is good way to get lost in the weeds. Every seven days, you stare at a blank page and try to set down what amazed you that week; what exasperated you; what filled you with hope; what filled you with rage. It’s only at the end of the year,...
by admin | Dec 22, 2011 | News
This morning, at oh five thirty Universal Time – or twelve thirty AM, Eastern Standard Time – the sun reached its southernmost point below the celestial equator on its ecliptic. In other words, today is the Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice means many...
by admin | Dec 15, 2011 | News
I was lucky to attend an excellent high school, but I still couldn’t wait to get to college. As good as my teachers were – and some of them were superb – I imagined that college professors floated on air. I pictured them gliding up to the lectern,...
by admin | Dec 8, 2011 | News
The run-up to the holidays is a great time for misery. Long check-out lines. Mind-boggling traffic jams. Endless boring conversations over criminally bland egg nog. And good luck if you’re traveling by air, which has evolved from the most glamorous mode of...
