Category: Science Technology History Corner

I heard about the discovery of Homo naledi from my husband (as I was groggily drinking a lovely cup of coffee) but I read the details thanks to

We learned to kill before we became Homo Sapiens.  That is the rather sobering interpretation of a rather sobering discovery: the oldest known murder.  We don’t know the

You often hear the phrase “that cheap Chinese junk” meaning that products made in China can’t possibly be of anywhere near the quality of products manufactured in the

For many of us, the day just doesn’t begin without a good cup of coffee.  But how did coffee itself begin?  We probably will never know the “right”

  Sleep.  We get so little of it.  Three quarters of Americans don’t even get eight hours per night.  In spite of (or because of) that we seem obsessed with

The other day, I saw in the gallup poll that only 32.3% of Americans consider themselves to be engaged in their work.  Shortly thereafter, someone of Facebook posted

When people (like me) switch cell phone carriers we tend to find out about billing cycles.  In our case, we began to find out about them when we

It struck me the other day, as I was watching a PBS documentary, how much of the technology that is glamorized in movies is part of our everyday

Do you know anyone who does not have a cell phone?  Do you know anyone who has switched cell phone carriers recently?  It’s highly likely that your answer

We have all heard about amazing medical advances that might cure the diseases we and our loved ones might suffer.  To list but three often talked-about stories, there