Discussions on the interface between Science and Society, Politics, Religion, Life, and whatever else I decide to write about.
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Kicking Off a New Semester

It seems like yesterday I was knee deep in determining final grades, but Wednesday I am back in the   thick of it. Luckily, my teaching is much less in the spring, two classes that meet once a week. One is a three hours lecture/lab on the Biology of Beer and the other is a writing instruction course for students writing up their research. Since I have...

Mon Jan 29, 2024 13:47
The Cold North Shore; What If Its Not Cold?

Lake SuperiorBack from an official, albeit short, vacation. The only work related thing I did was check to see how things were going in the lab via an email. Have a paper review to complete and could have worked on it there (didn't). Lots of emails to reply to, they didn't go anywhere and I can deal with them tomorrow. Almost always when I take time...

Sat Jan 13, 2024 19:09
New Beginnings and Resolutions

Its been too long letting this site sit in limbo, maybe purgatory. I have a couple of goals this year and one thing I think will help accomplish them is to write about things I enjoy and/or want to write about more frequently. So I am planning to put something here, usually (hopefully) science related three times a week. This particular post is...

Tue Jan 2, 2024 05:00
Daily routine

7:00 am coffeeeeeeeeeee 8:00 am more coffeeeeee 9:00 am more coffee maybe shower, maybe already showered. Regardless let's assume already showered 10:00 get to work/lab If I car pool this means getting dropped off at the St. Paul campus and taking the shuttle bus to near where I work, if I don't car pool this means parking next to my building and kicking...

Thu Mar 12, 2020 14:05
How the Coronavirus and Flu Are Not the Same

There has been much attention, too much in my opinion, comparing SARS-CoV-2 with Influenza B. SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza B are the specific names for the viruses in question when we generally short hand Coronavirus and Flu, there are many types of coronaviruses, including SARS, MERS, and some versions of the common cold (although most colds are caused...

Thu Mar 12, 2020 05:30
What I read 2019

A      The Shining by Stephen King. Excellent book! Saw the great movie of the same name. They're different, I'll leave it at that. C-      Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: The Adventures of the Deadly Dimensions by Lois H. Gresh. If you want to combine two distinct universe into one and spend a few hours on the beach reading about it, this one's for you....

Tue Feb 11, 2020 23:05

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