Popular Press Articles
2018 Articles
ZIPPO Old Tech Gets ZAPPED
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018)
Who would have thunk that - the venerable ZIPPO lighter on the way to the dust heap? You still can buy them on the web. Some models (pun intended) ...
On the Red-Green Confusion
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018)
If you are slightly confused as to what the color on your doo-hickey or whatever, really means, you are not alone. Rest assured though, there could be even more "powerful" problems on hand...
Venta Maersk's Arctic Venture
Ice Age Now (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018)
The Venta Maersk is a brand new container ship with a carrying capacity of 3,600 standard 20 ft. size (TEU) containers.
On the Importance of Being Lazy
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018)
How does that news grab you: New research suggests evolution might favor 'survival of the laziest.' That's what I call important news!
Ice Cubes Away!
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018)
Remember the RMS Titanic? The Titanic is long gone but the icy cubes are still coming down from Baffin Bay.
Harleycans — (on the vroom side)
Canada Free Press (2018).
In my (much) younger years and on another continent, I was interested in motorbikes, like any other young male then.
A Ton of Diamonds — for Everyone
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018).
A new study, just published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, claims to have found the mother lode — a quadrillion tons of diamonds.
Ketchup War Looming
Canada Free Press (2018).
What's "r*d all over?"
Well, it could be your newspaper — or ketchup, depending on your choice of letters between the "r" and "d;" your call.
The Climatologians' Credo
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018).
Also translated into German by Chris Frey for the Europ. Inst. f. Climate and Energy,
EIKE (2018).
Climatologians everywhere are tripping over each other to "confirm", propagate, and demand "actions" on their goals and beliefs - any facts to the contrary are of no consequence to them.
Winds of Change
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018).
The story of Hänsel and Gretel is a fairy tale about famine, destitute parents, being lost in the woods, being lured by false promises, and survival through intelligence and cooperation.
A Battle Royal?
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018).
With the U.S. announcing substantial duties on imports of steel and aluminum products from Canada, Europe, and Mexico, some nerves are getting a bit frayed.
Sand on the Beach
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018).
Have you noticed yet?
Sand is In!
Placeboism
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018).
The placebo effect is real. Many studies have confirmed its existence ...
Jeeves, the ashtray is full — buy a new (flying) car!
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018).
Are you ready to get your new (electric) flying machine? Perhaps you already know, it's supposed to be coming to a store near you, soon: ...
Getting into the Loop of Things —
(on the lighter side)
Canada Free Press (2018).
Between my Dearest and me, we ought to have it covered. Nearly any website that we go to for some vital information ...
Space — an Eternal Frontier
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018).
Even with all the available super-computer power and far-reaching telescopes, we still have "surprise" asteroid fly-by's.
Tim's Fix
Canada Free Press (2018).
Tim Horton (1930-1974) used to be a professional Canadian ice hockey giant, one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
A Hope in Hell?
Canada Free Press (2018).
I hope that I will never need to be exonerated for one simple reason only: ...
Chemical Warfare
Fairfax Free Citizen (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Long Room (2018).
That title ought to get your attention in a hurry, don't you agree? — In my perception, it certainly should! So, what happened?
Pot and — Tarantulas?
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Fairfax Free Citizen.
Canada exports a variety of goods to the world market. A good chunk of that is ...
Battery Battered Bosch
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
InvestorVillage (2018), and
Fairfax Free Citizen.
The German Bosch co. is no longer planning to "re-invent" batteries for the propulsion of cars ...
Seeing the Light
Ice Age Now (2018) (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Fairfax Free Citizen.
The renowned Smithsonian Institute recently published an article "Scientists Create a New Form of Light by Linking Photons"
A Mid-Winter Special — Groundhog Musings
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018), and
Fairfax Free Citizen (2018), and
Long Room (2018).
Dear Cousin Punxsutawney Phil, ...
Smart Grid Edge Technologies — all the Rave in Davos
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Fairfax Free Citizen (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018).
The latest meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), an invitation-only event held annually at Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, has just concluded. Official cost of attendance $85,000, ...
Robbing Graves or Prolonging Life?
Fairfax Free Citizen (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Principia Scientific Intl. (2018).
Nagoya, Japan, is the place where the international "Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity" was negotiated (in 2010) and ...
The POT-Boom
Fairfax Free Citizen (2018), and
Canada Free Press (2018), and
Ice Age Now (2018).
... The current #2 boom is POT, i.e. the new wonder-drug that soothes the pain and, supposedly, cures all kinds of other problems ...
Other Books by the Author
Ecotoxicity
of chemicals to Photobacterium phosphoreum.
Kaiser
KLE, Devillers J. Gordon and Breach Science Publ., ISBN:
2-88124-974-4, (1994).
QSAR
in Environmental Toxicology - II.
Kaiser KLE (ed.). D.
Reidel Publ. Co., ISBN: 90-277-2555-1, (1987).
QSAR
in Environmental Toxicology.
Kaiser KLE (ed.). D. Reidel
Publ. Co., ISBN: 90-277-1776-1, (1984).
Some other publications by the
author
Evolution of the
International Workshops on Quantitative Structure-Activity
Relationships (QSARs) in Environmental Toxicology.
SAR
& QSAR Env. Res., 18: 3-20 (2007).
Toxicity
Data Sources.
Chapter 2 in Predicting Chemical
Toxicity and Fate. Cronin MTD, Livingstone DJ (eds.),
CRC Press, Boca Raton, (2004).
Catalysis —
where we should apply it now!
Can. Chemical News,
ACCN, 50(7/8): 27 (1999).
Hydrogen, fuel of
the future?
Can. Chemical News, ACCN, 50(5):
29 (1999).
Erroneous Data: Avenues for Detection and
Prevention.
Quintessence, 1(4): 13-16 (1995).
[Contact author for reprint].
