The good news is, you’ve got Google. So if you want, in the next couple of minutes, you can look up the word “polymer.” P-O-L-Y-M-E-R. When you do, you probably won’t be much wiser about what a polymer is, and guaranteed you won’t be able to figure out what “polymer monitoring” might be. All you need…
Read MoreIf you’ve ever looked at something in a store and weren’t sure whether to buy it or not, apparently the question you are subconsciously trying to answer is, “Is this me?” According to artist Rebecca Rebouche, that’s the central question in all of our lives in the way we relate to art. How that art…
Read MoreBy the late 1980s, psychologist Greg Shrader’s life as a gay man was in full bloom. Unfortunately, it was also at that time that AIDS began impacting those whom he knew and cared for. While other, heterosexual twenty-somethings were bar-hopping and starting families, Greg and his comrades were writing eulogies and attending funerals. To lose…
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a job, one of the most tedious aspects of the search is constantly refining your resume so it looks appealing to your prospective employer. If you’re an employer, one of the most time-wasting aspects of searching for the right person is meeting prospective employees and finding out they’re not quite as…
Read MoreWhen Cornell roboticist and biolocomotion expert Andy Ruina decided to come to New Orleans for a physics conference he didn’t plan on walking into a bar to prepare for his lecture on the physics of the self-propelled bicycle and end up being suckered into a podcast conversation with a bunch of yahoos. But thanks to the…
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