Nerdy stuff Weird fact: Science teaches empathy (with yourself, mostly) 25 Jun 201925 Jun 2019 Wait, what? Science, this high-rising, emotionless ivory tower of reason teaches you empathy - how? One of the tennants of science is the idea that you yourself are the most…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…wine? 18 Jun 201912 Jun 2019 I grew up in wine country. Fine beer there, too, but this was wine country in Southern Germany. Here's how it would usually go after entering that "pub": "Hm. I…
Nerdy stuff Altruism in plants? 11 Jun 20193 Jun 2019 Ever seen BBC accelerate the life of plants in their "Earth" series? David Attenborough narrated it, of course. The point of it was that plants may be more interesting and…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…Hildas, Greeks, and Trojans? 4 Jun 201925 May 2019 Look at that image. The white dots are what most people are aware of. Even if not-most folks out in the street realise that these are what could have been…
Nerdy stuff Looking out for the other guy. Eating what you find. 28 May 201918 May 2019 Altruism is one of the most interesting subjects I know of. It's about the science of kindness, if you will. What interests me most is whether we can ever fully…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…Sierpinski carpets? 21 May 201920 May 2019 Take a square, cut it into nine smaller copies of itself. Take the middle one out and fill the others with nine smaller copies of themselves each. Repeat the process…
Nerdy stuff On lava and kids 14 May 201914 May 2019 It strikes me that, on the level of the single individual, things could very well be more efficient. I mean you, Evolution! How is it that, of all the things…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…clouds? 7 May 20196 May 2019 This is the Sun. It looks a little like a monochrome Jupiter, shrouded in clouds and a (for Northern Norway) weird kind of dusty veil, halfway cloud, halfway glass. Those…
Nerdy stuff #makekindnessgoviral: One can dream… 30 Apr 20191 May 2019 I dream of a world in which #kindness is trending and oodles of examples for it flood the internets. :) Here, I'll start: When my daughter realized... 1) that some…
