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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...

Nothing Matters More than Oil, Nothing

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 27, 2011 | Common Science

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...

Legislative trading and sausage making

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 26, 2011 | D.G. Martin

“If someone ties a love note to a nuclear bomb, do you take ‘em both?” That was State Senate Minority Leader Martin Nesbitt, a Democrat, complaining about the legislature’s Republican majority tying a controversial budget cut...

Photosynthesis Part I: Oxygen Gets All the Press

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 25, 2011 | Common Science

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...

An Introduction to Your Host

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 25, 2011 | Common Science

Welcome to “Common Science” your Chapelboro home for discussions of science and how it impacts our lives here in our community. My name is Jeff Danner, I am a Ph.D. Chemical Engineer (sorry no pocket protector) and have been a...

“They are trying to eat Big Bird”

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

The hundreds of William Friday’s friends and fans who gathered to hear him speak last week might not have guessed that the institutions he worked so hard to build were threatened by the just-released legislative budget...

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