Science Fact: Great ideas are here with us at all times. But if you expect this post to discuss scientific research on creativity, forget it! There’s plenty of that work around. I consider great ideas to be an art form, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Useful Stuff
Science Fact: Not So Big is the phrase coined by architect Sarah Susanka in a series of very readable books beginning in 1998. I discovered her first book, The Not So Big House, within a year after buying my last house … Continue reading
Science Fact: In Part 1 of this post we reviewed the underlying factors affecting city crime, especially violent crime. This Part 2 analyzes published crime data to derive safety ratings for U.S. cities. The FBI publishes crime data for each … Continue reading
Science Fact: City crime is something you’d like to know about before visiting or moving to a new place. Today’s post describes the factors underlying city crime, especially violent crime. On Thursday we’ll continue by actually rating cities on their … Continue reading
Science Fact: Travel fatalities are a concern to many of us who want to reduce our risk of serious accident when we travel by car, aircraft or cruise ship. This post looks at the data and the science, then gives … Continue reading
Science Fact: Your kitchen design is making you fat! OK, maybe with diligent effort we could make ourselves fat anyway. But scientists find that kitchen design strongly affects our eating habits. This is true even if we conscientiously try to … Continue reading
Science Fact: In yesterday’s post we stored a delicious bit of leftovers, but we did not reheat pizza. Today, we’re going to bring out the pizza, reheat it and eat it! Pizza is healthy food, and a flexible food. Some people eat … Continue reading
Science Fact: Pizza always ranks near the top, both in popularity and appeal. In addition, in moderation it’s a good healthy food. The hot question for today and tomorrow is: can you bring leftover pizza back to life? And there’s good … Continue reading
Science Fact: “Dress for success!” they used to say. “Clothes make the man.” “Follow the dress code.” When you choose how to dress, whether it’s at the store buying clothes or making a selection after you shower, you’re communicating both … Continue reading
Death By Probability is now in its (fanfare, please!) Second Edition. This blogpost tells how to recognize the edition you have, and what to do if you want the newer edition. You might say, what? The publisher’s modest printing of … Continue reading
Science Fact: Sea glass and beach glass are beautiful artifacts of mankind that have been smoothed and eroded by nature. Sea glass has spent much of its life in ocean water, where the salt of the water and vigorous wave … Continue reading
Science Fact: Pets are a big part of life in the United States. Most visible are the 96 million cats and 83 million dogs that live in our households. But many families have other animals that they consider to be … Continue reading
Science Fact: Happiness is something that we all want, almost by definition. The U.S. Declaration of Independence even enshrines it as something without guarantees, but that we have the right to pursue. Happiness is so subjective and so personal that … Continue reading
Science Fact: Sleep deprivation is usually a bad thing, but it can actually make you happier! This surprising fact has been known for years by physicians who treat Major Depressive Disorder, commonly known as clinical depression. In the last few years, … Continue reading
Science Fact: That explosion you heard was the last of your disappearing perks. One of the sad things about the passage of time is the loss of rights that we used to take for granted. Perks, perqs, perquisites, goodies, freebies … Continue reading
Science Fact: Just tuning refers to music that is not “just” in the sense of “only” or “simply”, but “just” as the opposite of “unjust”. It’s risky for science to analyze the Arts because they are so — well, Artistic. … Continue reading
Science Fact: This post tells my experience with WordPress Weaver II in creating this website. You may find this useful if you’re tempted to develop a blog site. Note: For an updated summary and review of WordPress, see my later blog … Continue reading
Investment Speculation? What does a physicist have to say about that? When the pros get in over their head, why should you listen to an amateur at all? Never fear, when it comes to what to do, I will point … Continue reading
Sometimes you need to give a great talk, a presentation that’s really important to you. This may happen to you rarely or all the time. And it may be easy or excruciatingly difficult. Checklist to Give a Great Talk I … Continue reading
We all want more airplane space. Wouldn’t it be great to have a portable space-time wormhole? You could stuff all your travel baggage into it, tuck it in your pocket, and when you arrived at your hotel room, voila! … Continue reading