DDT History and The Latest Science First synthesized in 1874 and discovered as an insecticide in 1939, the compound was first used in the 1940s. It helped combat typhus in the Second World War, and its discoverer Paul Müller was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. By the 1960s, DDT was shown... Continue Reading →
We've reached a point where the majority of people are aware that climate change is real and that it's caused mostly by our overdependence on fossil fuels for power generation and transportation. Yet citizens are not exerting enough pressure on governments and industries to make changes quickly enough. Meanwhile, individually, not enough people are taking... Continue Reading →
Something happened that made me think of a classic scene from Woody Allen's "Annie Hall". Woody is waiting for movie tickets and he's stuck in line with a man behind him pontificating and annoying him. Well, yesterday morning, life was almost like that for a neighbor of mine. She was trying to convince another neighbor... Continue Reading →
