A scientist was explaining that the DNA coding that uniquely defines each individual human — or each individual dog, or cat, or earthworm — is made up of only four different amino acids strung together in a certain sequence…
Category: Essays
ESSAY: The Amazing Universe of ‘Big History’
Here in 2016, we have apparently lost the intellectual distinction, not only between ‘History’ and ‘Prehistory’ but also between fact and fiction…
ESSAY: What the EPA Really Said About Fracking
If you read the EPA draft Executive Summary, you may reach the same conclusion that I’ve come to. Fracking does not always poison drinking water supplies. Fracking does, in some cases, poison drinking water supplies…
ESSAY: Confessions of a PSHS Graduate
I can almost hear them thinking, ‘So young to have two children already…’