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Life and Death

Below is a reworked version of M31 that I posted a week or two ago. This is the same image but tweaked to try to […]

The Somatosensory Cortex

The primary somatosensory cortex is the white matter area of the brain that receives and processes signals from our senses – tactile senses in particular. […]

This Week in COVID

This is Week 142 since the recognition of a novel Coronavirus infection that has claimed millions of lives worldwide. Today, Dr. Klotman’s weekly update from […]

The Loss of Naivete

I don’t know about you, but as I have gotten older, my skepticism has worsened. I have lost confidence in the fairness of our elections, […]

Fowl Porn

I’m a dark meat kind of guy. Give me a drumstick or a wing. Breast? Keep it if it’s on a bird. Tonight, Susan cooked […]

Sugar

I am a descendant from a long line of coffee drinkers – a link in a chain that passes through me from my grandparents and […]

Fruits of Casitas de Gila

I have compiled a Flickr album of astronomical images from our recent trip to Casitas de Gila in New Mexico. I have posted most of […]

Filet Porn

Tonight’s dinner porn was a Sous Vide filet cooked at 139F for 1hr and then finished in a cast iron skillet for about four minutes […]

Calnifornication

NGC1499 is The California Nebula. You can see the reason for the designation with just a minimum of imagination. This is a molecular hydrogen cloud […]

NGC2244 & The Rosette Nebula

NGC2244 is an open cluster within a star-forming nebula called The Rosette located within the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). The nebula has a designation Caldwell […]