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Posts in category "science"

Tonight the Green Cheese Becomes Kryptonite

The moon is full twelve times a year. Parading its round figure. But only once ’twill  be so near And actually seem bigger. What you will see tonight will stun And put you in a stupor. The best word to describe it’s one In common parlance: SUPER... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
May 5, 2012 at 12:43 pm
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The Trivial Pursuit of Medicine

I love trivia. What the New York Times calls— in a series of books— “useless information” has always been a guilty pleasure of mine.  For example, did you know a caterpillar has four thousand muscles? Don’t ask me how many abs or delts. That would be above my pay grade. The iconic  science fiction writer, Isaac... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
April 14, 2012 at 3:39 pm
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Lack of Sex Will Turn Fruit Flies into Barflies

Note: According to the journal Science, male fruit flies who are deprived of sex will resort to alcohol in order  to satisfy a physiological demand for a reward.   When rejected for sex, the fruit fly Will respond like the average guy. After suffering snubs, He will visit the pubs And get pickled on bourbon... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
March 16, 2012 at 2:19 pm
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March into Summer

What is as rare As a day in June? Forgive me if I’m arch. Rarer than men Who have walked on the moon, A day in June in March... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
March 15, 2012 at 9:57 am
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Abigail's Asteroid

We are in the cross-hairs of an asteroid.  A gigantic rock orbiting the sun. 2012 DA14, by name. It’s due next year. On February 15. Alarmists and worrywarts are freaking out.  Were the Mayans off by only two months? Are we approaching the End of  Days? Be cool, says NASA. Close but no cigar, or... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
March 7, 2012 at 10:59 am
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We Live Inside The Sun

This is guaranteed to warm you on a cold winter day: We actually live inside the sun. According to astronomer Larry Sessions (earthsky.org/space/ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-solar-system) the earth lies within the heliosphere, the sun’s outer atmosphere. The heliosphere—teardrop in shape—reaches beyond the edges of the solar system.  It extends for 100 Astronomical Units (A.U.), almost 10 billion miles.   Think of... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
February 11, 2012 at 12:13 pm
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Try To Remember Before You Forget

It’s funny the things we remember.  And forget.  No matter how many strings you tie around your digits, your memory is bound to fail. At the worst times. When you bump into someone you used to work with. When you’re  taking a test. Or when you’re the lector in church.  I know.  It’s happened to... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
February 6, 2012 at 11:44 am
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A Snowjob From The Old Farmers Almanac

It’s been a mild winter in Chicago. Suits me. Snowfall’s been below average. The Tribune weather page says we’ve had the least-subfreezing winter days in 4 decades: 11. What a difference from last year’s 43! Whatever happened to the dreaded La Nina? That little Spanish lady from the Pacific was supposed to bring us colder... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
January 28, 2012 at 12:17 pm
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The Newt Frontier

Will the Moon be our 51st state?  Call it visionary, call it grandiose, this is one of Newt Gingrich’s blueprints for  the future. When his lunar position came up during Republican debate XIX, it was disdainfully dismissed  by Mitt Romney as a foolish pipedream. But Gingrich would not back down from his lofty dream.  He also denied it... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
January 27, 2012 at 11:02 am
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Cuttin' A Rug Under The Sea

We had a visit from an ET the other day. It was a Martian, actually.  A  mineral invader from the Red Planet. A meteorite. Most of us, if we gave any thought, would probably think of space as the last frontier to explore. But there are other frontiers waiting to be explored under our feet, deep... Read more »
By Aquinas wired,
January 19, 2012 at 11:24 am
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