Robert Gaskin’s poem “HAIKU ARE LIKE TROLLIES”: Wandering in mist Reaching out to soft sunlight Blue-scaled dragons pause. Moon low over sea Glimpse of discarded cocoon Small fish swimming idly. Prehistoric Digital Poetry an Archaeology of Forms, by Chris T. Funkhouser, The University of Alabama Press, 2007, pp. 58–59. John Read more…
There are a lot of way to explain the spread of coronavirus. One way to explain it is from a purely biological point of view – the biological underpinnings of how the virus grows, replicates, spreads etc. However, there are other ways to explain the coronavirus problem. Part of the Read more…
“An Indian man is fighting for the right to believe in the non-existence of God. But Ravi Kumar’s quest for a document granting him legal recognition for his status has got him into trouble with the authorities. ” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50492808 Ravi Kumar’s struggle for recognition is doing more than asking why; Read more…
BBC Article: “Kenya pollution: How air sensors are helping people fight pollution” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50647465 The subject of the BBC News article, John Keiti, lives in a part of Kenya that suffers from serious pollution. He borrowed air pollution censors and set up a system that broadcast the data. As a result Read more…
“A Japanese stem cell scientist at the heart of a scandal over false claims and fabricated research has resigned. Dr Haruko Obokata published supposedly groundbreaking research showing stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. There were irregularities in data, no other group in the world could repeat her findings Read more…