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Scientific American May 1987

Posted by Jeff Danner | Oct 11, 2015 | Common Science

When you are an engineer and the author of a weekly science column, it influences the gifts that you receive. This year for Father’s Day, my family gave me a copy of Scientific American® from May of 1987. What caught their eye...

Athletes are Donating to Universities

Posted by Staff | Oct 7, 2015 | Featured, The Commentators

There has been recent media attention to generous philanthropic donations by professional athletes to their alma maters. For example, a former Michigan State basketball player contributed over $3 million. Good for him. I...

Not enough parking spaces, and why didn’t the Town Council listen?

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 7, 2015 | The Commentators

Today’s Commentator is Ken Larsen FBC or Form Based Code is a tool that Chapel Hill leaders have adopted to expedite the development approval process. I’m all for expediting that process, but in their haste to approve...

Jim Martin as a Catalyst

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 6, 2015 | D.G. Martin

I know the kind of candidate the Republicans need to beat Hillary Clinton or any other Democratic candidate in next fall’s presidential election. It is not any of those running now. That party needs somebody smart who can get...

Frozen Shoulder

Posted by Jeff Danner | Oct 4, 2015 | Common Science, Featured

In the summer of 2010, when I was 44 years old, I was clearing some brush and experienced a sharp and unfamiliar pain in my right shoulder. I have always been quite active, so I am accustomed to a wide variety of aches and pains...

Seeing a sheriff’s real challenges through fiction

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 28, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Just what does a North Carolina sheriff do these days? Retired District Court Judge Stanley Peele, writing about Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood, says that the concept of law enforcement officers has changed from...

Cold Fusion Part III: Conclusion and Implications

Posted by Jeff Danner | Sep 27, 2015 | Common Science, Featured

This is the conclusion of a three-part series on cold fusion. Part I covered the science and Part II discussed the history of efforts to entice atomic nuclei to fuse a low temperature, a potential pathway to nearly limitless and...

What Gets Your Attention When It Comes to Our Schools?

Posted by The Commentators | Sep 25, 2015 | The Commentators

This is Sharon Kebschull Barrett of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro PTA Council. What gets your attention when it comes to our schools? This year, voters face important choices, with eight people running for four seats on the school...

Why Chapel Hill should NOT get back on track

Posted by The Commentators | Sep 23, 2015 | The Commentators

By Matt Bailey As local election season heats up in Chapel Hill, you’re bound to hear some candidates talk about how things used to be wonderful back in the old days, but that we’ve gotten off track in recent years. So, what...

His most hopeful book, says Ron Rash

Posted by D.G. Martin | Sep 23, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Ron Rash, Western Carolina professor and author of five previous novels including “Serena,” captures his beloved North Carolina mountains at their best. And their worst. In his new book, “Above the Waterfall,” his main...

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