David Almandsmith 27 April 2025 Hello again, science fans. Glad to have you along with us today. Hola tu ka’atéen, aficionados ti’ le ciencia. ki’imak in wóol in yantal ta wéetel bejla’e’.[Yucatec Maya] The Trump Administration shut down over 1,400 scientific medical research projects and public health programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. They … Read more
7 April 2025 Hello again science fans, Lumelang hape barati ba mahlale,[Sesotho is the language of Basotho who live in Lesotho, “which nobody has ever heard of” and whose imports now have a 50% tariff, the highest of any country.] SCIENCE More than a million people participated in over 1400 “Hands Off” protests Saturday. I … Read more
31 March 2025 Hello again, science fans, Di nuovo ciao a tutti, appassionati di scienza,[About 85,000 Bay Area residents speak Italian at home.] SPACE “Fram2” is a 4-person space mission scheduled for this week. It is funded by one of the crew, a Chinese billionaire, Chun Wang (王春). He will be flying as a citizen … Read more
3 March 2025 Hello again, fans of science,“nuqneH, QeD parmaq,” (I found no data on how many Klingons are in the Bay Area.) Find a “Stand Up for Science” gathering that’s accessible for you. Go with or without a sign. Go with or without a costume. Go with or without your family and friends. But go. … Read more
3 February 2025 Hello again science fans!科学ファンの皆さん、こんにちは！(The first Japanese immigrants arrived in the Bay Area in 1869. Today about 20,000 Bay Area residents speak Japanese at home.) SPACE The OSIRIS-REx Mission collected 120 grams (4 oz) of regolith (broken rock & dust) from the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and returned the sample to Earth in 2023. Just … Read more
6 January 2025 Hello again Science Fans!Salut encore les amateurs de science ! (Canadian French)Bonjour à nouveau, fans de science ! (France French)Bonjou ankò Fanatik Syans! (Haitian Creole) I guess we could be considered fans, amateurs, and/or fanatiks. 2025Thanks to Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer, 2025 is mathematically unusual. 2025 = 452 2025 = 92 x 52 2025 … Read more
Parker Solar Probe – NASA Hello again Science Fans!ሰላም በድጋሚ የሳይንስ ደጋፊዎች! (Many of the Bay Area’s 20,000 Ethiopians live in Oakland.) The weekly SciSchmooze reliably delivers the latest in science, especially for the San Francisco Bay Area. Give friends and family a free subscription at https://www.bayareascience.org/. As we cross over into the year 2025, … Read more
1 December 2024 Hello again fans of science,Dumelang hape barati ba mahlale, (Lesotho Peace Corps memories) I trust you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving, avoided coming to blows with contrary cousins, and survived Black Friday, Saturday, Sunday. ARCHAEOLOGY ¿Have you been to the Mayan ruins of Copán, Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Uxmal, or others in Mexico … Read more
The election revealed the willingness of ‘normal folk’ to accept proffered attitudes and revealed the rapacity of captains of industry. It also suggested a deficiency of compassion and empathy. The promise to make the country great again had considerable appeal. The promise brought memories of a time before failures on the international front; memories of a … Read more
Dave Almandsmith4 November 2024 Hello again, friends of science, When the United States Constitution was adopted in 1788, the only women allowed to vote were property owners in several New Jersey jurisdictions. That ‘oversight’ was corrected in 1790 when a New Jersey law specifically banned women and non-whites from voting. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 is … Read more