During the short winter season, some of the wealthier foreigners dabbled in archaeology driven by scientific curiosity and inquisitiveness. But the ultimate – an intact tomb of the Pharaoh had not yet been found. One man hoped to change that. Howard Carter, the sickly son of an English painter, had first come to Egypt as […] Read more

Howard Hughes, age 14, was the worst driver in the history of the world. At least, that was what Bernice Edelman thought. Certainly, not the reclusive Howard Hughes known to Hollywood. It was Knappa, Oregon’s own. Bernice worked at Hoffstetter’s grocery store, and part of her responsibilities was to deliver groceries in Mr. Hoffstetter’s car […] Read more

The Human Papilloma Virus is the leading cause of cervical cancer. Connie McKombs, research nurse, and Dr. Warner Huh from the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Birmingham Alabama, explain how adding HPV screening to PAP testing can provide more security for women at high risk for developing cervical cancer […] Read more

Reverse speech. In the latter days of Earth, before it exploded into the shards and stones of the new asteroid belt that surrounds the sun in place of the old orbiting planet. The science of reverse speech had been a vanguard of the increasingly peaceful society that had inhabited most countries. For those that may […] Read more

Why do we call it rush hour when no one goes anywhere? Like rush hour takes only one hour. Maybe we should have a slow hour — 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. except weekends. Last week, I merged into traffic so hairy that people were actually backing off the freeway. And while I, myself, suffer […] Read more

If you are having a tough time separating hybrid truth from reality, you’re not alone. The warp-speed adoption of hybrids into popular culture — and into hundreds of thousands of American driveways — has produced more than a little confusion and misinformation. Most industry analysts predict the continued growth of gas-electric vehicles, with estimates ranging […] Read more

One of the features that makes the hydroboration reaction so useful is the regiochemistry that results when an unsymmetrical alkene is hydroborated. For example, hydroboration-oxidation of 1-methylcyclopentene yields trans-2-methylcyclopentanol. Boron and hydrogen add to the alkene with syn stereochemistry, with boron attaching to the less highly substituted carbon. During the oxidation step, the boron is […] Read more

First, hydrocarbons, or compounds that could have been converted into hydrocarbons at the intense pressures of the earth’s depths, must have been a common constituent of the primordial materials out of which the earth was formed. Second, in the four and a half billion years since the earth accreted, the primordial hydrocarbons must not subsequently […] Read more

We can lift ourselves out of ignorance. We can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free. We can fly! Each of us is in truth an idea – an unlimited idea of freedom. Everything that limits us we have to put aside. The most important thing in living […] Read more