Jeff Danner

This is the fourth and final column in my series on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). If you would like to start at..

This is the third installment in a series on the science of heart disease set against the backdrop of my fathe..

Last week in Part I of this series, I reviewed the structure and function of the heart and let you know that m..

On Friday April 13, 2012, I received a frightening call from my mother. She was en route to Geisinger Medical ..

If you have a gas fireplace in your house, I have something surprising to tell you about it. The switch on the..

In the early 1990s I was working at ARCO Chemical Company in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Times were good at A..

Since I started writing Common Science in April of 2011, I have averaged 50 columns a year.  Most weeks I hav..

Last week in Part I of this series, I discussed some of the unique properties of fungi – yeasts, molds, ..

I previously published a column called “Your Mother the Plant” in which I discussed the nearly identical s..

As a chemical engineer, I am naturally drawn to write columns about energy and manufacturing.  However, if yo..