Much has been made, in the press, about the huge cost overruns on the Webb Space Telescope project. It's time now to ignore all the cost overruns, and see the result of decades of scientific work by NASA and its private-sector partners. Today, the first images taken by the Webb telescope in its orbit around …
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I found this original story at the Daily Wire, about how divers exploring a Roman-era shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera, found the missing piece of a statue, where the body was recovered about 100 years ago! Here's a picture of the body of the statue, which resides in the Greek Archaeological Museum. I …
Continue reading Your fun science story for the week-Head of Hercules Found in ancient shipwreck
Red is my favorite color. In fact, I finally got the chance to have a red house! In our complex, with its detached condos, we get re-painted every five years or so, and we were up last year. I finally got the "barn red" I've always wanted, and we get lots of compliments. It sure …
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Here in the Seattle area, like in many cities across America, we are seeing a deterioration of many different areas of society. Public schools are failing, having been closed for many months during the Covid pandemic (by governments). Parents are pulling their kids out of public schools, so reduced numbers of students lead to less …
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The Swiss company, On Holdings, manufactures running shoes. I first heard about this company in the Wall Street Journal, in an article about their new "Sustainable" running shoe model, the CloudNeo. This shoe is designed to be used, worn out, and then returned to the company for recycling. For maybe the first time, a consumer …
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Double trouble. Double indemnity. Double-cross. My photos for "seeing double" aren't all reflections, but they are all double. How about this formidable pair of musicians, the Eyer Sisters? Both young ladies are excellent musicians, and they stole the show at the Accordion Celebration this year. On my outings to the new Waterfront Place development on …
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...who just so happens to lead the US Women's Soccer (socialist sport) Team, which has done much better than the men. Megan Rapinoe is a smart-ass who has no compunctions about trashing police and her own country. She is thoroughly undeserving of the high honor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and over at RedState.com, …
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The Prime Minister of Britain resigned as head of his party today. Boris Johnson quits The West may be in Free Fall Have a nice day? Not. Thanks to James Taranto and James Freeman of the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web column for the idea for this Bye-Ku.
For a few months now, I've been listening to the Egyptian History Podcast, and reading Toby Wilkinson's book on the rise and fall of ancient Egypt. I thought to myself, why is ancient Egypt, which lasted from 3000BC to about 30BC, no longer a great civilization? What was it about ancient Egypt that led to …
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As we have done in previous years, Hubby and I packed the picnic dinner, new chairs, and blanket, and headed over to Bellevue to watch the fireworks. Unlike last year, this year's crowd was back to normal, filling the lawn at the Bellevue Downtown Park with picnic blankets, chairs, coolers, and even some shelters. And …
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