The Lord is in control, the Facebook entry said.  I’m not religious, but I often find “Thank you, Jesus,” remarks threaded through my feed page.  Mostly, I ignore or delete them.  But on the day this one popped onto my computer screen, I was in a different state of mind.  If

The Flynn effect is over. That’s the trend whereby human intelligence increases by about 3 points a decade. Recent research reveals the trend is in reverse. Humans are getting dumber.  Scientists speculate the reasons are varied:  changes in our education systems, nutrition, the c

While 2020 may have been a rough year for politics, science has made startling breakthroughs beyond a Covid-19 vaccine.  Take fertilizer, for example. A product necessary to produce crops, it may contain toxic chemicals that endanger the planet. Now researchers at the Rich Earth Inst

Sometimes, if you wait long enough, a problem solves itself. For some time, pundits have been warning about the collapse of our technical infra structure. Not only is our system susceptible to hackers living in the wilds of Nigeria, but to those in Russia and China who can open our hi