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Shelter from the Storm

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 20, 2011 | Common Science

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...

Outside the banks—the Mississippi and you and me

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 18, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The Mississippi River has gone “wild” again. When it happened back in 1993, it led me to compare the challenges of managing a river and managing our lives, both sometimes moving outside their defined channels. Here is what I...

Photosynthesis Part II: Glucose Needs a New Agent

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 16, 2011 | Common Science

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...

Fashion Rules Are Meant To Be Broken…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | May 13, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

When Molly Buckley interviewed me on WCHL this week she asked a familiar burning fashion question. “Once and for all, when can I start wearing white?” Good question Molly. Do I give the Emily Post “by the fashion rule book”...

“Aerotropolis.” Is it for us?

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 10, 2011 | D.G. Martin

“Nobody goes there anymore; it’s too crowded.” Yogi Berra’s seemingly contradictory wisdom could be a subtitle for a new book about airports and the surrounding landscapes that grow up around them. “Aerotropolis: The...

Dating an Engineer

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 10, 2011 | Common Science

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...

Talk Derby To Me…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | May 6, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

My favorite spring sporting event has to be the Kentucky Derby. What stands out most during this historic horse race is difficult to decide–the sleek and athletic thoroughbreds, the diminutive yet wiry jockeys in their...

Local Deal: 60% Off Hot Water

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 5, 2011 | Common Science

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...

North Carolina books for spring reading

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 3, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What should I be reading this spring? Some of you know that I get this question from my friends each year when the weather starts to warm up. And, you remember, I often respond with a list of a variety of books, each of which...

Royal Wedding Fever…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Apr 29, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

You know you’ve got it. Even if you don’t have the fever, you know that you’ll be one of the billion people across the world viewing what is hyped to be the social event of the century. Thanks to modern technology we don’t have...

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