Fireside Chat Gravity

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Fireside Chat Gravity: The Reckoning From black holes to landing a rover on Mars, gravity is the essential consideration. Gravity is not a classical force like magnetism. Newton described the behavior of objects subject to gravity, but did not describe its nature. Einstein showed mathematically that gravity is mass/energy distorting spacetime. Accordingly, gravity is now […]

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Henupoto Wara: Supernatural Anti-Hero of the Mythical Past

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Graphic: The Emberá Comarca of Eastern Panama within the red circle   Henupoto Wara: Supernatural Anti-Hero of the Mythical Past   The Emberá, a tropical lowland tribe of the Darién rain forest of Eastern Panama and the Pacific coastal lowlands of Colombia, have a strong tradition of telling detailed stories about animals, spirits, and demons […]

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A few of my favorite hemes

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A few of my favorite hemes.  The "heme cofactor" is familiar to us as the part of hemoglobin where oxygen attaches for transport through blood. It lends blood its characteristic […]

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