Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Image Source: University of Notre Dame Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism Update on what I’ve been doing: I was on the workgroup out of Washington for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention…
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Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Entropy, Existentialism The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival, Sir John Glubb, Abe Books In these inspiring essays, Sir John Glubb examines the human race over 4,000 years and finds…
Nov 12
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, History"The End of History and the Last Man," by Francis Fukuyama "a 1992 book of political philosophy by American political scientist Francis…
Nov 1
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
 Topics: Applied Physics, Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Exoplanets, SETI, Thermodynamics Well, this firmly puts a kink in the "Fermi Paradox." The Industrial Revolution started in Britain around 1760 -…
Oct 10
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Dan Charman Topics: Antarctica, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Global Warming A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking…
Oct 8
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Meinzahn/Getty Images Topics: Applied Physics, Atmospheric Science, Chemistry, Climate Change, Global Warming Note: It's disheartening that geoengineering, made popular by science fiction novels and plots in Star Trek, is being considered because…
Sep 25
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
A researcher holds the scaffolding with tiny copper foils attached. These copper pieces will be struck with lasers, heating them to thousands of degrees Fahrenheit. Credit: Hiroshi Sawada Topics: Applied Physics, Lasers, Materials Science, Plasma,…
Sep 24
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Running on air Close-up of the air-powered sensing device. (Courtesy: William Grover/UCR) Topics: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Microfluidics A device containing a pneumatic logic circuit made from 21 microfluidic…
Sep 23
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Diaspora, Existentialism, Fascism Eugenics is the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. Eugenicists believed in a prejudiced and…
Sep 20
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Heat trap The proposed nanoparticle warming method. (Courtesy: Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics) Topics: Aerogels, Exoplanets, Mars, Materials Science, Nanomaterials, NASA, Planetary…
Sep 16
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
 Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Statue, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Democratic Republic, ExistentialismThank you, Mr. Chairman.Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking…
Sep 13
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Willie Hobbs Moore (left) with her daughter, Dorian, in the 1980s. (Courtesy of the Ronald E. Mickens Collection on African-American Physicists, AIP Niels Bohr Library and Archives.) Topics: African Americans, Civil Rights, Diversity in Science,…
Sep 10
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Portrait of Edward Bouchet and lithograph of early Yale College campus. Courtesy of Yale University. Via uniquecoloring.com Topics: African Americans, Civil Rights, Diversity in Science, History, Physics Authors: Bryan A. Wilson, Ph.D., M.B.A &…
Sep 9
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Existentialism I read the poem "Seeds" at my wife's family reunion. For African Americans, reunions are a chance to connect with family members without associating it with a…
Aug 30
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Medical applications Laboratory tests showed how the 3D printed material molds and sticks to organs such as this porcine heart. (Courtesy: Casey Cass/CU Boulder) Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Hydrogels, Polymer Science A new method…
Aug 29
Reginald L. Goodwin posted a blog post
Amanda Montañez; Source: “Slaveholder Ancestry and Current Net Worth of Members of the United States Congress,” by Neil K. R. Sehgal and Ashwini R. Sehgal, in PLOS ONE. Published online August 21, 2024 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization,…
Aug 22
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