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The Force is in you
This is a photograph of a high-energy molecule called Creatine Phosphate. It is stored in our muscles, heart and brain for when we need to take quick action. Its our backup system after a few seconds of muscle work - this replenishes the molecular energy cycle. We...
Wake up!
Caffeine will do it every time. Caffeine is my drug of choice, can’t start a day without it. What about you? This photomicrograph of pure caffeine gives you a visual idea of how it prods us awake. I like my coffee full-bodied, rich and strong, kind of how I’d like my...
900 books on the wall
January 2010 900 books were delivered, most of them to my distributor Chris Gruener, about 120 here. And now the exciting part of being an author begins. Sharing the compelling pictures of wine and the sometimes controversial content makes these next few months a...
What’s going on?
I watch the news with dismay wondering where all the hatred is coming from? I know we’re going through hard economic times but when it seems like half the country is against the other, is the economic state bringing out the hatred? Is anyone with brown skin now the...
The art in science
I started my professional life as a medical scientist, a serious scientist on the faculty of the University of California Medical School. But then a tool of science – a microscope – opened me to the ART IN SCIENCE. Seeing photographs of chemicals of the brain at the...
Instinctual Intelligence
Naming wines If you ever have wondered where do our words come from, particularly our words for food, wine and abstract ideas? Read Naming Nature: The Clash between instinct and science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon.
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