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Vanishing Vortex

By Jim Virkler / February 7, 2019

Published 2-7-2019 Our post title is meant to be humorous and provocative. There are two types of polar vortexes: tropospheric and stratospheric. Both vortexes consist of air circulating west to…

Winter’s Statistical Wonders

By Jim Virkler / January 30, 2019

Published 1-30-2019 As we write, the midwest is being struck by another polar vortex event. We highlight this anomaly and several other annual weather and astronomical phenomena most residents may…

Confessionalism in the Book of Job

By Jim Virkler / January 22, 2019

Published 1-22-2019 Our current post title could be a source of some confusion or misunderstanding. In the context of our blog we will attempt to clarify how confessionalism relates to…

Science in the Book of Job

By Jim Virkler / January 14, 2019

Published 1-14-2019 The Book of Job is a masterpiece of literary excellence. Coming from a Israelite author, it expresses a monotheistic worldview. The epic story of righteous Job seemingly unjustly…

Well-Ordered Systems

By Jim Virkler / January 8, 2019

Published on 1-8-2019 Successful human activities are said to be well-ordered and systematic. Our post title may imply there are systems which are not well-ordered. Generally, however, systems are ordered…

Truth Transmission

By Jim Virkler / December 26, 2018

Published on 12-26-2018 What seems like a simple matter of discovering correct knowledge may be a subject of disagreement. The root word of science comes from knowledge. “True belief” is…

Obscure Time Frames

By Jim Virkler / December 19, 2018

Published on 12-19-2018 Our recent investigations of the effects of the most recent Ice Age, the Wisconsin event, have proven personally fascinating. Planet Earth is now in an interglacial known…

Historic Torrents

By Jim Virkler / December 7, 2018

Published 12-7-2018 Historic truths tend to dim more quickly than we imagine, whether family history, neighborhood history, national and world history, or geologic history. Perhaps modern distractions obscure healthy interest…

Evidence of Glaciers Past

By Jim Virkler / November 29, 2018

Published 11-29-2018 How vivid are your childhood memories of places visited when you were young? I recall many family trips, church picnics, and personal explorations in Central New York. As…

Ice Age Literacy

By Jim Virkler / November 16, 2018

Published 11-16-2018 In our previous blog post, Air Travel Science, we mentioned traveling by air over the Ohio River. Its course has been altered substantially by the retreat of the…

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