by Morning Reflections | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
During the Golden Age of fossil hunting in the 19th century, almost all of the discoveries in the field were made by amateurs. Most of them were well-educated, upper-class males.But the greatest amateur fossil hunter of all time was quite possibly an...
by Morning Reflections | Feb 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
What could be more appropriate on Valentine’s Day than a kiss?That could be understood in several different ways, of course. It’s a given that millions of people will be enjoying at least one Hershey’s Kiss today. Those 23-calorie guilty pleasures have been...
by Morning Reflections | Feb 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
In July 1982, 33-year-old Larry Walters of Long Beach, California, pulled off one of the craziest stunts in aviation history.As a child Larry had longed to fly. But poor eyesight disqualified him from pilot training. Then he got an idea.Walters attached 45...
by Morning Reflections | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wonderful things can happen at the most surprising moments. Even when studying for the SAT. In the fall of 2007, John Breen, a computer programmer, was helping his son Ben prepare for his upcoming Scholastic Aptitude Test. The two sat at the kitchen...
by Morning Reflections | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Every week seems to be a heartrending week.If you watch your local news, the First Awful Story is almost always about a murder, a shooting, a child abduction, a housefire, a missing person, or a rape. Then come the Covid metrics. The virus at the center of...
by Morning Reflections | Feb 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
A large, high-tech icebreaker departed Cape Town, South Africa three days ago. It then headed south, battling rough seas on its way to the only land mass south of South Africa: Antarctica. The mission of the Endurance22 Expedition is to locate the wreckage...
