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COPPÉLIA AT 50 PART 2
YESTERDAY WE SET THE STAGE for Coppélia, a classic ballet produced in 1974 by George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova. Today in Part 1, we hear from talented dancers who reminisce with Roslyn Sulcas...
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POURING A CAT
ANY CAT LOVER KNOWS A FELINE’S AFFINITY for fitting itself into enclosures of any shape—and seemingly any size. AAAS Science addresses this in a scholarly manner in “How a Cat is Like a (Furry)...
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MASERATI 3500 GT—TIMES CHANGE IN 65 YEARS, SORTA
DRIVING AROUND YESTERDAY, I encountered a Maserati GranTurimo Trofeo, a striking looking blue one making the appropriate snarly sounds as it passed by. Well now, this is Orange County, California,...
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EXTRACTING LITHIUM MORE EFFICIENTLY PART 1
SETH B. DARLING WRITES IN “The Brine of the Times,” AAAS Science, September 26, 2024, that “Tremendous attention focuses on lithium, which is primarily sourced from either hard rock called spodumene...
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EXTRACTING LITHIUM MORE EFFICIENTLY PART 2
Yesterday, we learned about challenges of lithium sourcing and recent research in its technology. Today in Part 2, there’s an unanswered question and a novel electrochemical approach. An Unanswered...
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SUPPIN’ EURO-STYLE
THE DISCOVERER BLOG OFFERS “7 Delicious Culinary Cities in Europe.” Given that I’ve done my share of international travel, I glean tidbits of suppin’ Euro-style, in some instances even without leaving...
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HUMMINGBIRDS—LIVING ON THE EDGE
HUMMINGBIRDS OCCASIONALLY SAMPLE MY FRONT-YARD PLANTINGS, much to my amazement of their aerial capabilities. Indeed, this ain’t the half of it as I learned from Bob Holmes in “Hummingbirds Thrive on...
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AERIAL VIEWS OF 30S BRITAIN
MY FAVORITE JIGSAW PUZZLES are cities from the air. Assembling one is like making a walking tour of neighborhoods with occasional familiar sites. The Guardian recently reminded me of this in...
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HURRAH FOR HABIT!
USA TODAY reports ” ‘Congrats on #2’ Habit Shades In-N-Out with Billboard After Burger Ranking Poll,” October 1, 2024. The newspaper’s Anthony Robledo recounts, “Habit Burger & Grill is claiming...
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PICASSO ON THE FAMILY WALL
“AFTER HE STUMBLED ACROSS the painting in 1962,” Angela Giuffrida writes in The Guardian, October 1, 2024, “Luigi Lo Rosso took the rolled-up canvas home with him to Pompeii, where it hung in a cheap...
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FRENCH FANCIES
MY FAVORITE CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR magazine recently had an online item that caught my eye: “10 Eccentric French Classic Cars.” “There’s no particular reason to believe that the French are any more...
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YET ANOTHER COLLECTOR CAR FOR ZELENSKYY???
YOU MIGHT RECALL FUGITIVE EX-U.S. COP John Marc Dougan, who runs the Kremlin’s disinformation network from Moscow. (Just the turncoat jackass one might trust, eh? Sorta a Fox News personified). Well,...
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AVOIDING “LOCK-IN” SUBSIDIES PART 1
AAAS SCIENCE OFFERS A POLICY FORUM IN ECONOMICS, its title “A Cautious Approach to Subsidies for Environmental Sustainability,” October 3, 2024. This extensive discussion was assembled by Kathleen...
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AVOIDING “LOCK-IN’ SUBSIDIES PART 2
YESTERDAY, A SCIENCE POLICY FORUM RAISED the matter of how governments encourage beneficial activity through subsidies or taxation. No easy answers here, but in Parts 1 and 2 there’s plenty to think...
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TRIPPIN’ (AND REMINISCING) WITH THE DISCOVERER PART 1
I’VE ENJOYED THE DISCOVERER AS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE for tidbit gleaning. And this time, the website tempts us with “10 Short But Amazing Road Trips.” “Miles of winding roads pass rugged coastlines,”...
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TRIPPIN’ (AND REMINISCING) WITH THE DISCOVERER PART 2
WE CONTINUE OUR TRIPPIN’ HERE in Part 2, its reminiscing prompted by The Discoverer’s “10 Short But Amazing Road Trips.” Scenic Byway 12, Utah. The Discoverer writes, “Deservedly recognized as an...
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NEW 3D-PRINTED TECHNOLOGY
ADAM ZEWE WRITES IN MIT NEWS, October 10, 2024, “New 3D Printing Technique Creates Unique Objects Quickly and With Less Waste.” Ups and Downs. I’ve been following evolution of 3D printing technology...
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MONDIAL DE L’AUTO PART 1
APART FROM TOYKO, PARIS WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE international motor show. They both had plenty of glitz, though the latter also had the cutest young ladies accompanying the displays. (I’d run out of...
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MONDIAL DE L’AUTO PART 2
HERE IN PART 2, WE CONTINUE OUR TOUR of the Mondial de l’Auto in Paris’s Porte de Versailles. We move from the practicality of a sub-€30K BEV to a contrasting plug-in SUV with glitz galore. BYD...
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CHATBOTS—A PANDORA’S BOX OF CONVERSATIONS
INTERACTING WITH A.I. HAS SOCIETAL BENEFITS as well as a dark side. In London Review of Books, October 10, 2024, James Vincent writes about chatbots in a scarily titled “Horny Robot Baby Voice.” A...
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