Jo Ann LaRoche Fialaflipped into InformationNowThe invention that altered history: The slide rulejpost.com - By YUVAL ROSENBERG/DAVIDSON INSTITUTE, OFIR KUPERMAN/DAVIDSON INSTITUTEIn 1622, William Oughtred created the first slide rule, a simple and easy-to-use calculation device consisting of two parallel logarithmic rulers …
Jo Ann LaRoche Fialaflipped into DIY Aug 31, 2021Hone Your Strategic Thinking Skills With These 8 Booksverified_publisherInc Magazine - John HallThese books can help you get your head out of the day-to-day and think long-term. Almost every professional recognizes the value of strategic thinking. But in a frenetic world, how can you hone that skill when you're often pulled in a million directions? As a business owner, I face the challenge …
Jo Ann LaRoche Fialaflipped into InformationJun 14Inside the Brilliant, Heartbreaking First 10 Minutes of ‘Up’theringer.com - Alan SiegelAhead of the release of Lightyear, The Ringer is hosting Pixar Week—a celebration of the toys, rats, clown fish, and more that helped define one of the …
Jo Ann LaRoche Fialaflipped into Sports & Motor Racing6 days agoStephen Curry and the Spirit of History | Andrew Liunplusonemag.com - Benjamin MarkovitsMy first NBA memories begin in 1993, when John Paxson’s wing three-pointer gave the Chicago Bulls their third championship, out of six total. The top …
Jo Ann LaRoche Fialaflipped into Science & StuffJun 17Why the US military is listening to shrimpverified_publisherBBC Future - David HamblingWhale skeletons stand guard around the coastline of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, a stark reminder of the damaging effects of military sonar. Sonar from ships and submarines is thought to be one of the contributing factors to whale strandings, confusing the whales' own sonar and casuing them …
Jo Ann LaRoche Fialaflipped into DIY 4 days agoThe human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals knowverified_publisherNPR - Terry GrossThere's a vast world around us that animals can perceive — but humans can't. Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong uses the example of a dark room: Though it might seem that there would be little to detect in the darkness, a bird in the room would be able to pick up on the magnetic field of …