by djmathews | Mar 28, 2024 | Healthy Ideas, Science and Education
DID YOU KNOW — PINES — MAKE HEALTHY TEA? When you’re in the woods — this could be deep in a city park, state/national park, or if you’re in a forest as part of your own property — you will undoubtedly see pine trees. Pines, you say?...
by djmathews | Oct 15, 2023 | Science and Education, Travel and History/Health
AUTUMN, THE BUGFEST, SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS FEST October’s fall colors are in full swing, as Virginia Tech prepared for its annual “bugfest” at the Student Squires Center, not long before the Highlander festival. So— autumn was my...
by djmathews | Sep 24, 2023 | Science and Education
HEDY LAMARR, INSPIRATIONAL INVENTOR/ACTRESS Ah, yes, when we think of late August or September we may still be thinking of vacations and warmer temps, and places to go. And we may “research” said vacations on the run, on our so-called smartphones. Or...
by djmathews | May 31, 2023 | Education Choices, Science and Education
It’s interesting that the media have mentioned the fact that we (the U. S.) and Russia, are not the “only” ones out there wanting to explore space. You have businessman Elon Musk coming up with some kind of “blowup” unit that could be...
by djmathews | Nov 3, 2022 | Education Choices, Science and Education
Doctors are important. Yes, they are quite knowledgeable about disease and they decide in the hospital whether you should be discharged or not (where is my stethoscope — you’re not leaving till I hear that heartbeat). But nurses are special. Nurses are the...
by djmathews | Mar 30, 2022 | Science and Education
You know spring is on its way when you take a little walk past a pond or new body of water, like a big puddle on the lawn, and hear frog calls at night. Late February or early March, the male frogs, especially the “spring peepers,” call for their girlfriends to come...
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