Humanity

Glaciers and Humanity

By Jim Virkler / October 20, 2016

Published 10-20-2016 Our post title suggests a relationship between cycles of global climate and their effects on humanity. This proposal is true in a powerful way. Long term earth temperatures…

Domestication Revolution

By Jim Virkler / October 2, 2016

Published 10-2-2016 Wondrous progress occurred in human culture approximately 10,000 BC. These changes are associated with what has been termed “The Rise of Civilization” especially in the area of Mesopotamia.…

Hybrid Vigor

By Jim Virkler / September 23, 2016

Published 9-23-2016 World food security has generally kept pace with the world population explosion of the last 200 years. Regional famines have occurred since man appeared on Planet Earth. A…

Designer Plants

By Jim Virkler / September 19, 2016

Published 9-19-2016 Our post title, Designer Plants, suggests a commonly used meaning: plants of interest to landscape designers and plant retailers—beautiful, utilitarian, exotic, unusual, or even bizarre. In contrast, we…

Food Security

By Jim Virkler / September 14, 2016

Published 9-14-2016 Food security is a term indicating access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs for an active and healthy life. One of humanity’s most significant…

Vacation Science and Geography

By Jim Virkler / September 3, 2016

Published 9-3-2016 Summer 2016 provided opportunity for personal travel to three different vacation venues to visit with family in different regions of our country. Two journeys were extended automobile trips;…

Progress of Millennia

By Jim Virkler / August 15, 2016

Published 8-15-2016 New York City is a mainstay of family vacations to the United States Northeast. This city is unique for its multiple tourist attractions and has been dubbed the…

Humanity’s Divine Image

By Jim Virkler / April 19, 2016

Published 4-19-2016 The Image of God is one of the deepest concepts in theology. If we are created by God, it follows that we reflect the Creator’s attributes. Humans possess…

A Gifted Einstein

By Jim Virkler / March 16, 2016

Published 3-16-2016 The trio of gifted scientists beginning with Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell ends with Albert Einstein, the 20th century contributor to the revolutionary “field” concept. Einstein, who…

Variety of Giftedness

By Jim Virkler / March 11, 2016

Published 3-11-2016 The popular excitement generated by the detection of gravity waves (more accurately gravitational waves) in February 2016 has inspired popular broadening of interest in science as it molds…

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