Jeff Danner

This is part five of the series I am writing about petroleum, which will be the single most important issue for this century. If you want to start at the beginning follow the links below. 1.     Nothing Matters More than Oil,...

Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, has left us and will not return for another 13 years. I will miss them. Is you want to see some great pictures and hear a recording of the cicadas check out the The Cicada Invasion by...

Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) listed cell phones as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. You may be more disposed to listen to an important international health organization than your favorite Local Buzz science...

This is part IV of my series on Petroleum. To start at the beginning read, Nothing Matters More Than Oil, Nothing, Photosynthesis Part I: Oxygen Gets All the Press, and Photosynthesis Part II: Glucose Needs a New Agent. If you...

This question to Common Science was submitted by Boykin Bell of Chapel Hill.   “It’s the bottom of the first inning.  Rain is falling steady, a little thunder.  Kids are holding metal bats and standing in the wide open...

This is part III of a series on oil I am writing.  It’s going to take a little while to get to the price of a gallon of gas, but I hope you can enjoy the journey with me.  If you want to go back to the beginning start with...

Back in the Common Science introduction, I told you that part of my inspiration for writing this blog are the conversations I had with friends and relatives over the years.  Back in college I had a debate with an old girlfriend...

On April 30th the Orange County Campus of Durham Tech hosted a Sustainability Fair focusing on Solar Energy. When most people think of solar energy they think about generating electricity from the sun. Who isn’t at least a...

If you read the introductory blog for Common Science you will remember that I promised to address both local and global issues.  I am starting with a global issue because we are at the very beginning of the coming scarcity of...

Any discussion of petroleum starts with photosynthesis.  Actually, pretty much any discussion of anything should start with photosynthesis.  No photosynthesis, no us, no Chapelboro. Somewhere in your high school chemistry class...