Forest Gardens
Modern farming practices are ruining the land. The great grass prairie of the central United States was destroyed by plowing and monoculture in the nineteenth century. Clearcutting and intentional wildfires […]
Category: Hypothesis
Radio Messages from Mars
It’s October and time again for my annual column where science meets Halloween. That was my goal when I began this column, however the link proved tenuous. I’ll give you […]
Moon Base
When I was a kid in the 1950s, my dad was active in the East Bay Astronomical Society. Every month the society held a meeting at Chabot Observatory and I […]
Wind
Summer is coming. Warm days are getting warmer and soon the intense heat of Summer will be upon us. Now it is the end of Spring. In the photo below, […]