"The Lies of Science".
when you use common concepts to try to explain complicated science, it's not literally true.
The same problem can be found in religious imagery.
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Article by Tom Shippey on the difficulty of translating AngloSaxon poetry, which uses alliteration not rhyming.
modern examples of the Anglosaxon style HERE.
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How December 25 became Christmas.
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ZDNet explains net neutrality, and I'm still confused
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There was a huge landslide of coal slurry in Tennesee awhile back, and Mother Jones discusses how the EPA is dragging their feet on cleaning it up or preventing other slag heaps from collapsing.
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US State Department changes overseas birth certificates for children both to US citizens to be gender neutral.
Hint: The one whose uterus carried the baby is the mom, unless the kid is adopted.
in adoption, it's more complicated: My adopted kids' birth certificates put "unknown" in the place of "father" since I adopted as a single mom, and didn't want their birth father's name there.
FINEST KIND CLINIC AND FISHMARKET.... Discussing medicine, culture, and the joys of cooking Pansit.
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