DOPPLER DELIGHT – By John Zedolik The Doppler effect drags away the angry horn that melts like unattended ice cream on an August day in an unnoticed street drain and the careless eater’s fingers have found protection in napkins guarding against the sticky-sweet that might cling to exposed skin and require a washing if said consumer even cares, since it […]
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“The reason worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.” – Robert Frost
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Heatwaves that used to arrive once every 20 years or so could become annual events by 2075 across almost two-thirds of the planet’s land surface – if humans go on burning ever more fossil fuels and releasing ever more greenhouse gases. Claudia Tebaldi, visiting scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Michael Wehner, senior staff scientist at […]
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“It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
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75%: The percentage of wages earned by full-time black and Latino retail workers relative to their white counterparts, according to a June 2 report from the NAACP and the liberal think tank Demos.
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“The sign of a good marriage is that everything is debatable and challenged; nothing is turned into law or policy. The rules, if any are known only to the two players, who seek no public trophies.” – Carolyn G. Heilbrun
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“It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” – James Thurber
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“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
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Factor by which a placebo for Parkinson’s disease is more effective when the patient is told it costs $1,500 rather than $100: 2
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