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I am often most moved in the moment by my current reading, in this instance, Hurari’s Nexus. He discusses fallibility, the opposite of certainty. And then I found this. 

In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in experimental Physics). It took another sixty years for the second woman to become a Physics Nobel Laureate.

Now that I am four months or so into my Ozempic journey, it is time for an update. Let’s begin with the big goal: weight loss. As I might have predicted, the weight continues to be shed, albeit more slowly.

A decade or so ago, I got to take a tour of one of the Federal Reserve banks; in the vault, there was a massive brass balance that our guide told us could weigh up to 600 pounds of gold (or anything else) to a precision of the weight of a si

Autumn arrived yesterday, and many of you are probably looking forward to taking a drive to stake in the spectacular tree colors.

Turbulent flows are common, from large-scale atmospheric and ocean currents to microscopic bacteria suspensions.

With 12,000 known species, incredible strength, a range of habitats that rivals ours, and a very socialized, although hierarchal organization, ants are spectacular despite their diminutive size. 

Recently, the New York Times published “How Wildfire Smoke Threatens Health,” for which the theme was ‘’understanding how the airborne remnants of blazes

Amid the news this week from Apple, there was a significant change in their Airpods.

Lars kicked things off by mentioning former presidential candidate RFK Jr., who has achieved a small following with his unhinged anti-vaccine views.