Recent research from the University of London shows that a bumblebee’s tiny brain is able to solve complex mathematical problems giving further credence to why Mayan shamans revered bees and their intelligence.
It seems that a political activist can never escape political causes. I was in London, England, Halloween week — my first visit after nearly nine years.
Q: My friend was Christmas shopping last year near the Third Street Promenade. He thinks he was pick-pocketed as he couldn’t find his wallet when he finally decided to buy something.
There is a new word that has entered our vocabulary in the past couple of years. It’s “apps.” (This should not be confused with the word, “naps,” which I find much more useful).
The outrageous invasion of our privacy rights that is the whole-body scanner (and its equally outrageous counterpart, the full-body pat down) was hurriedly put in place by the government, before Americans could really comprehend what it would mean and whether they were willing to tolerate it.
I want to thank the over three dozen people who sent me “get well” e-mails. It was very touching. I was able to answer them all as I seem to have some free time on my hands.
As the nation recently passed the six month anniversary of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, which launched the worst oil spill in U.
“A healthy baby” is the near-automatic response of every pregnant woman when asked what she’s hoping to have. It’s why women take prenatal vitamins, abstain from sushi and alcohol and just about everything else that brings them pleasure, and submit to a battery of tests, sometimes for 36 straight we
This fall has been especially frightening. There have been the little monsters at our doors on Halloween, the monstrous politicians invading our homes through the television, and there has been that property tax bill in the mail box.
A plague of locusts of biblical proportions has hatched and is growing as Australia, the fourth largest grain exporter, has gone from 13 years of bone-dry drought to the wettest September since the inception of continuous record keeping in 1860.
When a parent loses a child it is universally recognized as a tragedy. Whether by accident or disease, the sympathy, empathy, and tears flow freely. I recall a college friend who was killed by a bus on a cross-country bike trip.
The votes are in and there were a few surprises. I predicted that Measure Y, which will add another half cent to the city’s current 9.75 percent sales tax, would carry by 60 percent of the vote.
