The first ten weeks of The Research Project I reported on research happening at the “flagship” public research universities in each state. For the next ten weeks I’d like to report on research going on at the major private universities of the next ten states on the list. In week eleven we head out to…
Nestled among the rolling hills and lakes west of Faribault, Minnesota is a remarkable store featuring 5,000 guns along with all the parts and accessories that go with them. Here are some pictures of my visit to Ahlman’s with my son-in-law and grandson. The mirror at the end of this line of guns makes it…
Back in week five of The Research Project I reported on pastureland research done by Professor Whendee Silver of the University of California – Berkley. Dr. Silver’s research showed that managed pasture lands or range lands were quite good at removing or sequestering carbon from the atmosphere. And since carbon in the atmosphere is the…
It’s still one of the most amazing things that has happened in my life; the time my parents uprooted me and my five siblings from our home in Minnesota and headed off to be missionaries in Nigeria. That’s eight plane tickets, eight sets of luggage, six children ages six to fourteen and four flights to…
One thing that struck me about the Easter stories this year was that, even though the disciples had just witnessed the greatest, most miraculous event in human history, they still saw the importance of Scripture in the life of the Church. Luke’s narrative of the events that took place on Easter Day has two instances…
Just in time for the start of mosquito season, the University of Florida has released its results on a study about why mosquitoes are attracted more to some people but not others. Working with researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine the study found, for the first time, an underlying genetic component…
The Institute of Education Sciences, a research branch of the U.S. Department of Education, has awarded a $10 million grant to University of Delaware Prof. Nancy C. Jordan and her two colleagues, Lynn Fuchs at Vanderbilt University and Robert Siegler at Carnegie Mellon University, to fund a five-year research and development center aimed at understanding…
Ever wonder about the latest public opinions on a particular topic? Ever wonder what previous generations thought about a particular topic? Ever wonder what happens to all the public opinion research results after they have been published? If so, then the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut is for you. As it says on…
Here are pictures from our trip to the 2015 edition of Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This event features over 150 floral arrangements designed to interpret the diverse artworks in the Institute’s collection. it is by far the most popular event that is held at the museum each year. Best of…
Does anyone really know what time it is? Researchers at the University of Colorado – Boulder, in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, have developed a clock that keeps setting records for accuracy. The latest upgrade to the strontium atomic clock developed by JILA means that now the clock will neither gain…
Mirror Neurons 