Criticism. Essay. Fiction. Science. Weather.
week:
1Eye design, plant solar cells and
the ape squad culture war. 2CloneBeef: coming to a burger near you
and the new (privatized) Space Race 3The story of sixty cell lines
and how they restricted science 4Why'd they have to make it a pyramid again?
and wastewater pays back 5Monkeys, Peanuts and the Science
of Unrequited Love. 6Throwing pieces of metal at a red planet
and "Its all about the Insulin, baby." 7Skate me to the moon with a rat-on-a-stick. 8Man and Machine lay down the boxing gloves,
joining forces to pursue good 9Bobbing for apples in a giant vat of grape flavoring. 10Do you believe in magic? 11Brain scans on the mind. 12Sex with cats, popping caps
and frying cars. 13The Quarterly Review drops Science;
√9 of the best so far. 14Flying on some sun rays. 15No, it's not the return of that new wave band. 16The rate of warming might be at issue,
but the fuel is definitely running out. 17Sleep your way to victory! 18I wonder how many big macs it takes... 19It's all drugs and giant waves this week 20Holy jumping jeans Batman!
That mouse is a knockout! 21They call Alabama the Crimson Tide...
or is it Maine? 22How much smaller than the head of a needle?
Well... a lot.
23Information nation ablation preservation. 24Do you want fries with that test tube burger? 25When weeds don't obey the rules. 26Two Quarters = One Half 27The things you can't see are much scarier. 28Jeepers peepers! 29It all makes so much sense...
except as good science. 30Another nugget of knowledge from the annals
of forgotten phenomena 31Very small birds and very large mountains. 32The hazelnut graham cracker one was nuts! 33Naming the new fruits. 34Gas is up but laptops are down. 3590ways brings the straight dope on a thanksgiving tall tale. 36I rolled em out on the street, but I've never once seen the old fella do the same. 37An alternative to tatooing UPC codes onto animals and an insatiable lust for rhino horn. 38"Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection..." 39Three, it's the magic number. 40Bivalves gone wild off that bubbly. 41If only there had been an experiment
to bring about the end of Edward Teller 42What's that, girl? Timmy's stuck in a well?
Wait, Timmy has Cancer?? 43Neuron fire beat electric spark. 44What do Penguins, Ostriches, and Earwigs have in common? 45Looking far, far away to find what's right here. 46Bringing some science for your valentine. 47What's so special about 2.5 pounds of gray stuff? 48I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow the house in. 49A million bases ain't no thang. 50Do the robots run this motha? Hell Yeah! 51A dormant giant looms in the Pacific Northwest... 52Cheap real estate to anyone who can
hold her breath for six hours a day. 53Like all the best megalomaniacs,
we can make Science all about us. 54Well, That's the long and short of it. 5599 Bottles of Beer on the pharmacy wall. 56Tortoises may move slow, but Orchids are definitely alive. 57Feeling hot! Lava so big the numbers don't stop. 58Attached at the hip. And a few other places as well. 59The swamp, or the savanna. You decide. 60Mom and Dad are fighting! 61The stress of death. 62N.I.M.B.Y. Well ... maybe ... 63I've got a headache this big! 64Attraction. 65Well, That's the long and short of it. 66Rafting through history. 67Before there was science there was unreason. 68Be careful with the weeds. Use them well. 69Climate change will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. 70Lucy, a public whipping, it could only be ... 71The highs and lows of being high. 72A sign of the times. 73What was that? 74= Poetry 75The Solar System Shuffle 76Biodynamics is not the latest diet plan. 77Pulsatilla vulgaris 78Climate change will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. A reprise. 79People cannot reason outside their own idiom. 80Soda pop or Ritalin? 81What's really up Kim's sleeve. 82Rolling the dice with molecular biology. 83Food so cheap it won't make you sick. 84In the ether with Einstein. 85Watch out for saturation.
And watch out for 2048. 86The wonderful thing about science is ... ? 87Silent or not, the truth is the truth. 88Playstation 3 or Science Olympiad? Now middle-school kids don't have to choose. 89From watch making to watch repair to Mars. 90We remember when this week seemed but a distant fantasy. 91The end of the quarter is here! 92What would they have done with Photoshop™? 93Modern minds can handle three questions. 94NAND the gardener said, "Let there be quantum tunneling." 95Get off The Pyramid. The traffic is terrible. 96Creeping to a shoreline near you -- neurodiversity. 97Baking soda vs. Baking powder - Scientific Subsitutions 98No jokes about Ice Cube allowed... 99What would your ancestors eat? 100A few rules of thumb for green ones. 101The proof is in the video. 102To those a definition for what life is. 103No, not the Stan Lee creation. 104What would they have done with Photoshop™? 105DNA is nothing but double-sided tape, essentially 106All the colors of the stage. 107Human and a monkey sittin' in a tree,
A-T-G-C-I-N-G.
108Poetic Retrospective
The Alpha Element
Rachel Eagle Reiter
"Newton might no less well have called his absolute space 'Ether'..."
EINSTEIN
It is not uncommon for a Substance to be called by more than one name, even
though it is the same substance. What Newton referred to as Absolute Space,
Einstein referred to as ETHER. It is important to realize that these are
not two separate substances even though they are not called by the same
name. ETHER called by any other name is still ETHER. When I refer to
Absolute Space, I am doing so in order to create a visual that is easier to
form using Newton's terminology than using Einstein's. Still, when I allude
to Absolute Space, what I am really referring to is ETHER.
"...the universe must of necessity be spatially unbounded..."
EINSTEIN
What we are really saying [if we do a bit of a play on words] by calling the
universe Spatially Unbounded, is that ETHER is not comprised of finite
matter. For, anything that is unbounded by Nature, possesses the quality of
the Infinite. A universe that is spatially unbounded is an Expanding
Universe. It is forever, "growing" in every direction. It is always
getting larger, but it never becomes large enough. ETHER always expands in
order to occupy more and more of space. Wherever space is "empty" [and
really there is no such thing empty space] ETHER will by Nature occupy that
emptiness. There is no such thing as emptiness in space, for as long as
there is ETHER and there would be no universe if ETHER did not exist.
Therefore, ETHER is the beginning and the end of the universe. If ETHER
were an element, He would be the Alpha and Omega element. Why would I call
ETHER a "He" instead of an "it"? Quite frankly, the Scientific Creative
Power behind ETHER is so magnificent that I nearly feel as though I am
dealing with a Living Element. Of course, we know of no such thing as a
Living Element that causes the universe to expand. Nevertheless, I have
decided to give this mysterious ETHER, an utmost amount of reverence until I
am certain as to what it [or rather He] really is.
Rachel Eagle Reiter
In the Beginning was the Ether
And the Ether was with G-d
And the Ether was G-d
The Ether came from G-d
And the Ether goes back to G-D
In the Beginning was the Ether
In the End there will be still be Ether
The Ether WAS, IS, and IS TO COME
Without the Ether, man has no breath
Without the Ether, man has no life
Without the Ether, man is dust
In the Beginning was the Ether