What's more amazing than the endless potential of dust? Everything in our world was once a cloud of dust in the cosmic wind.
I'd never heard of Quitters Day until today. The tradition encourages those who have slacked on their New Year's resolutions to get back on track.
Gutenberg's printing press sparked the Reformation, Renaissance, and Industrial Revolution. But was Gutenberg a success in his lifetime?
Is it time to start thinking about baseball already? Silly question. This is Boston. But what does baseball have to do with Jimmy Carter on this National Day of Mourning for the late 39th President?
A figure skater spins faster as she brings her arms in close and slower as she lets them out. Planet Earth performs the same feat, speeding up or slowing down as its center of gravity shifts with tidal forces, sliding plates, and volcanic activity.
Today's #vss365 word is Vespers. "Vespers" and "Vespas" are homonyms in my local accent, so that's where my mind went, combining a set of prayers I've never prayed with a type of scooter I've never ridden using a linguistic device that doesn't work in most parts of the world...
I'm never been a fan of social media, even back when it was "good." Like, subscribe, repost, repeat...to what end?
Science can't yet tell us what 95% of the universe is made of, whether our universe is the only one, whether it follows the only possible set of physical laws, or how much of it exists outside our observable horizon.
Readers who are able to detect hidden undercurrents of meaning draw more enjoyment from works of fiction and are better able to disarm manipulative language. But the sledgehammer approach is blunt and to the point.
