Richard Zurawski

I am writing with respect to to the opinion article published in the Chronicle Herald on Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 by Paul Schneidereit about climate change. Generally speaking I take Op Eds for what they are, opinions, but sometimes they need to be commented on and retracted because of their gross misrepresentation and distortion of [...]

The more I consider it, the more I am coming to understand that the major source of our information, is in fact, changing how we understand, process and use the information. Its all about Marshall McLuhan and the media is the message. And especially when it comes to science, we are experiencing a massive shift [...]

Its winter out there again. Surprise! It comes around every year like clockwork and like clockwork the discussion about whether to have winter tires or not have winter tires on the car comes up. Let’s go over a few basics. Most of it is simple physics, with a bit of chemistry thrown in, with a [...]