Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to
someone else:
Health: Listverse tells us 10
interesting things about sweat.
Grammarphobia discusses
the naming of Viagra and a number of other drugs.
History: NPR discusses the
awful history of the idea of white supremacy, which idea has been, and is, all too popular, for decades.
Humor: (or something) Gizmodo reports on toilet
explosions.
Politics: Relevant points out that video
game playing doesn't seem to be responsible for mass shootings.
Relevant reports that Chaldean
Christians have been sent back to Iraq, where some of them had never
been before, with predictable awful consequences.
Relevant takes the Lt. Governor of Texas to
task for tying the shooting in El Paso to removal of prayer from the public schools. Franklin Graham apparently agreed with the Lt.
Governor.
Catherine Rampell discusses the meaning of "drain
the swamp" under the Trump administration. It doesn't mean what most
of us thought it did.
Rampell also writes about how President Trump treats former aides/lawyers/whatever who are less than completely adulatory about the President. Not very well.
Michael Gerson on conspiracy theories, and President Trump.
Science: The Scientist tells us that space
exploration by Israel, and the US, may have left living organisms on the moon.
The Scientist also reports that lots
of bacteria in the ocean capture light energy by using a pigment different from chlorophyll.
. . . and The Scientist, and many other outlets, report on the serious weakening, perhaps even nullification, of the Endangered Species Act.
NPR reports on the discovery of a very
large fossil parrot.
Sports: Simone Biles shows us amazing
excellence in gymnastics.
The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it
is free to use like this.
Thanks for looking!
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
License
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The posts in this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can copy and use this material, as long as you aren't making money from it. If you give me credit, thanks. If not, OK.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Sunspots 741
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