What is the Limit to a Black Hole’s Size?

There is no known limit. It is possible that in trillions of years when we don’t exist, there will be … More

A Northern Indigenous Wolf Tale

One day a girl’s father saw a wolf near the village and tried to kill it. His daughter saw it’s … More

What can I do about someone who makes a lot of assumptions about me?

The primary response is frustration and the desire to correct their assumption. Often, people with assumption disorder are having some … More

If I know I’m nearing my end, how can I die a natural death?

Legally, many places may mess with you doing any form of euthanasia, “natural” or not. But literally, you are your … More

Can we use the Hubble space telescope to view the Moon? Could we see the Apollo mission leftovers?

I believe this is like asking if a telescope can be used as a microscope. The lens is optimized for … More

Since crude oil is almost as abundant and easy to access as water and is highly non-perishable, why can’t they be priced the same?

I fear you may be unaware of how petroleum is extruded and processed. Before crude oil is even useable for … More

Gravity as an Energy Source

What’s interesting, amongst various other fruits, about life here on Earth are human energy sources. Humans require regular animal metabolic … More

All People Are Created Special

You’ve heard it, “Everyone is special in their own way.” Then one asks, “How can everyone be special? That means … More

Nature’s Recurring Theme: Destruction is Creative

From supernovas to composting, our universe holds true to the idea that to create things you need to destroy things. … More

The Personal-Change-Effect

It is an undeniable fact that people change. Like all things known to us in the known universe, people are … More

The More Massive They Are the More Forceful They Fall

There is a common misconception that declares things fall at the same speed regardless of their weight. For instance, Galileo … More

Travel in Time to a Redundant Dimension

It’s common to hear time referred to as the fourth dimension, an assumed complement to the three dimensional space we … More

The Schematics of an Abstract World

As humans we are constantly engaging in particular and specific endeavors with behaviors equally ad hoc. Or so it would … More

Can nothing ever happen again?

Can nothing ever happen again? 1. Logically: No… or yes. 2. Pragmatically: Yes 1. If nothing ever happens again, then … More

On the Nature of What We See

We cannot actually see what things are. In a sense, we can only see what they are not. This is … More

What life exists in living and nonliving things?

Bacteria are the answer. They are ubiquitous and many are autotrophic. Autotrophic is a fancy way to say they make … More

What does a scientist who found the theory of everything deserve?

Extreme scrutiny and skepticism. True science knows no truth, let alone something about everything. We can’t build a theory of … More

What’s the relevant use of studying tectonics?

The relevant application is to help societies know when and where massive amounts of energy can be released. If you … More

Is there a way to distinguish super-advanced technology from magic?

Find the fundamental causes and effects. Technology will always be bound and based on conservation laws of matter and energy. … More

What would happen if the Earth’s crust became twice as dense as the internal layers?

The crust would basically switch places with the less dense lower layers. You’d have to bust out Archimedes’s buoyancy formula … More

Piecing Together A Broken Mirror

Autism is a neurological disability that comes in three identified varieties. Autism Spectrum Disorder describes these varieties as subtypes. The … More

Tutorial: A Stylistic Application of Knowledge

“How It’s Made” in Smarty-Pants-Know-It-All Style: This method should be applicable – perhaps with variation on technique at points – … More

How can we use rock to tell the Earth’s magnetic field has shifted over the eons?

It’s a chronological index. Temporal patterns of the Earth’s magnetic flux influence orientations of magnetic material spewed from magma. The … More

Original Music

[This is a complement to a previous Musical Origins related post] Assuming an Out-of-Africa model, 200,000 years ago there was … More

Me, Music, and I

Humans are complex, highly cognitive, cultural beings. There are many aspects that could influence and define a person’s identity. However, … More

Rock Out With Your Work Out

Listening to music during exercise or sports is certainly part of some people’s everyday experience. It seems that many people … More

Disease-Illness Distinction

Upon further discussion from my recent article on culture-bound disorders, I feel it’s useful to post an in-depth semantic insight … More

The Music-Language Connection

Language likely plays a very significant role in music; both its composition and performance. In early or pre-human communications, phonic … More

Culture-Specific Pathology: Biological v. Psychological Basis

A Discussion of Culture-Bound Syndromes: Across societies we see human universals of disease but we also see apparent illness experiences … More

The Living Desert

Desert can mean to abandon or be dull Or land waterless, barren, and sandfull In this sense it’s use is … More

[Insert Creative Title]

Creativity is what gives humans their special ability for productivity. We are capable of doing or making something that has … More

Didgeridoo: Australian Reverberations

Thanks to The Haunted Wordsmith, I recently learned it is National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee or NAIDOC week … More

The Human Diet

The Paleolithic Diet – also referred to as the Caveman Diet – is a nutritional strategy largely inspired by evolutionary … More

Sugar-Based Plant Structure

The dominant thing that sugar is used for in plants is it’s structural potential, such as the polysaccharide cellulose which … More

Is gravity (according to Einstein) the effect from a distortion in the space-time fabric or the actual curvature of space-time?

First, it’s notable: You have to realize Einstein’s theory is a model of gravitational phenomenon per our observational affirmations. In … More

Exploratory Courage

I hear adventure is for those with the courage to explore. We all have this courage as it is just … More

What is the value of taking a linguistics class in college if you are not a linguistics major?

It makes a better learner – and a better person – in many ways. You use language to learn everything. … More

Sympathy-Empathy Distinction

Sympathy is your understanding of a person’s experience. Empathy is understanding a person’s experience. This is why empathy is considered … More

Mental Dominion

Country, control, and empire – like all fallacies – are ephemeral. What matters is the conquest of the turmoiled mind. … More

How does Quantum Field Theory address wave particle duality?

Statistically. The duality is due to our mathematical models based on probability. Via calculus and empirical observation, we don’t literally … More

Navajo (Diné) Cultural and Ecological Hybridization

Navajo cultural evolution has been incessant and accelerating over time. It is a fundamental occurrence and critical in understanding the … More

The Basics of Neuron “Firing”

Nerve cells, or neurons, are differentiated into four major parts that all contribute to it’s ability to communicate impulsively via … More

The Autodidactic Fallacy

I’ve heard often enough some folks say they are an “autodidact”, or “self-taught”. I believe their intent is to say … More

With Life in Mind, Thoughts Grow to Lifesize

Plot, till, amend, sow, fertilize Water, soil, air re-organize DNA coils and cells metabolize Solar rays energize and catalyze Biochemistry … More

Why can’t humans feel or detect the Earth’s magnetic field like birds (might) do?

It’s likely most creatures do not sense it due to either sensory habituation, lack of survival utility, or a biophysical … More

House Studies

Ecology is a subfield of biology that, in a broad sense, studies how organisms interact with other organisms and with … More

Why can’t we live without water?

Water is the solvent of life. Metabolic and homeostatic systems need something like water to function. It’s polar and so good for … More

Why does light diffraction happen? Does it relate to particle-wave duality?

Diffraction is a fundamental interaction of light with matter. Specifically, photons interacting with electrons. Photons are oscillations of the electromagnetic … More

Smorgasbord Health Column – Nutrients that need others to be efficiently absorbed by the body. Vitamin C, D, K , Calcium and Magnesium

Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine:
The health supplement industry is worth billions of dollars and pounds annually. However, there is a…

Is the Earth considered a living being?

Most any definition of life would not include a planet as a living being; only the organized anomalies within or on … More