How do your arm hairs know how long to grow?
It kind of makes sense that they are only so long, so if one falls out, it grows back the same length. But if you cut, trim or singe off the hairs, they grow back to the same length… then stop.
If your hair really is […]

my cousin recently did a post of 100 things about herself. I think it is an interesting idea… To quote a friend , I do this for me, not for you–I think it will be enlightening. Probably much more for me than for anyone who reads it. So
1. working for my dad was one of […]

I’ve always felt a little vindicated by entropy, and have always enjoyed when it comes up in science classes. We are talking about it again today.
 So the second law of thermodynamics says that all irreversible processes result in an increase of entropy, constantly adding to the overall entropy of the universe. 
Have you heard that they […]

So I bought my first digital text book, which I thought was cool.  Last semester one of my textbooks had a PDF of the text on CD that I loved, it was easy to search for information and convenient to bring to class (since I bring my lappy anyway)
 I was excited about the ebook, but […]

You know how when you get a new cell phone, you seem to see the phone everywhere or when you buy some new shoes, you notice everyone who has the same shoes.  Recently I started driving an old Honda Civic and I noticed that they are everywhere.  Everywhere.
The other thing I noticed was that there are civics, […]

Electric car salesperson:  “It’s always nice to see someone who is interested in the environment”
Homer:  “What kind of mint?”