Archive for Science

  • Losing half our friends every seven years Losing half our friends every seven years

    Here’s a story sure to cheer you up.  Consider who are your closest friends.  Got a mental image?  Good.  Now, consider that half of them will be replaced within the next seven years.  No, this isn’t science fiction, but social science instead. Sociologist Gerald Mol...

  • A day at the zoo A day at the zoo

    Growing up, one of my favorite family vacation activities was going to a zoo.  We probably visited most of the big ones throughout the Midwest and South, and each offered unique joys with particular animal exhibits.  We were a family who loved animals, and a zoo was a sort of Mecca. We...