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Nov32021 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Nanotechnology Is infiltrating our foods

Technology

In various laboratories around the country, scientists are producing nanotech’s to put in food. Gone are the days when the Chef and the fire created the taste and flavor of our prepared food. Now they’re manipulating atoms into chemicals that will be put into food. And the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing nothing. They won’t even comment on this part of the industry in interviews. At the Institute of Food Technologists conference in 2009, nanotechnology was the subject. There were over 13,000 scientists, chefs and manufacturers. They held a session on nanotechnology and it was packed to overflowing. Studies have shown that nanoparticles may cause risks to human health and when eaten may cause DNA damage that may help in causing cancer, heart, and brain disease. Nano-Fo...

May152021 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Is business management art or science

Business

Business management involves extremely varied scenarios and one standard approach cannot work in all situations. A scientific approach seeks to impart precision to the process of decision-making by using mathematical and statistical tools to analyze available information and make predictions about future. At the same time, managers have to deal with people on several fronts and an "artistic" skill to deploy their insights into the social and political dimensions of each situation can help them achieve desired results. What Are the Management Sciences? Operations Research (OR) has traditionally been described as management science. It uses mathematical techniques like modeling, statistical analysis, digital certificate and mathematical optimization to suggest the best possible sol...

Mar272021 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Bad science in sci-fi movies

Movies

The adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise defined a new level of science fiction fandom in the late sixties. The image of Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star forever changed the impact and scope of blockbuster moviemaking. Audiences ate it all up without even batting an eye at the believability of the scientific concepts on display, but the science in such sci-fi favourites is often questionable at best. Sounds in Outer Space The dramatic screeching of TIE fighters swooping across the screen to the strains of John Williams’ Imperial March in The Empire Strikes Back is in an unforgettable part of science fiction history. So are the whooshing sounds of the Enterprise going to warp speed in the Star Trek movies. Now imagine the same images with no so...

Jul252018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

How To Extract Water From an Aquifer

General

Aquifers are essential to our survival. They store ground water and enable life to flourish in regions that would be otherwise virtually uninhabitable. Humans have become very good at exploiting natural resources such as aquifers, but this very fact makes them vulnerable. Our ever-increasing water demands mean that some aquifers are being depleted more rapidly than they can be replenished, which means the water supply is coming under threat. For exploitation of an aquifer to be sustainable it is necessary for its water content to be replenished at least as quickly as it is extracted. Water is normally drawn from aquifers using wells, although if an aquifer outcrops at the Earth’s surface then drilling a well may not be necessary as groundwater can seep from it naturally. Where this ...