Beyond the Paradigm of Paradigms by Eric Francis

“If the mayor chews the eraser off of his pencil during the meeting, put that in the story.” — from the Echoes-Sentinel Style Guide ven highly intelligent people tend to think in paradigms. Those are reality frames, or perceptual parameters. They describe one set of potentials, possibilities, definitions, concepts, and their own “laws of nature,” … Read more

Eleven questions about Covid-19 that I can’t answer

By LOREEN COSTA 1. Is there a way to summarize the standards of testing being used by each nation? For infection status? For cause of death? Is any country yet fully focused on antibody testing? Is it reliable? 2. Is there a way to understand rates of flu and flu vaccination around the world, prior … Read more

Covid19 News Workspace

USE ONLY A FEW WORDS. ONLY SAY WHAT SUPPORTS YOUR CASE. PUT THE FACTS INTO CONTEXT. ——Stories—— Federal health officials provide potential timeline for Pfizer vaccine distribution starting this December| Added November 10 Things are moving right along: just one day after Pfizer issued a press release on the efficacy of their vaccine, federal health … Read more

The Invention of PCR — by Kary Mullis

  The concept was not out of the question because in fact one of the natural functions of DNA molecules is to reproduce themselves. They do it every time a cell divides into two daughter cells. A short piece of synthetic DNA could be treated in such a way that it would stick to a … Read more