by Ty Davison | May 14, 2020 | Essays
Scientists need your help in fighting the virus. Time to be a hero. Proteins are long chains of amino acids that perform a vast array of functions within organisms. They differ from one another primarily in the sequence of their amino acids. These sequences typically...
by Ty Davison | Feb 14, 2020 | Essays
NOTE: Society is coarse nowadays. What is Not Safe For Work (NSFW)? When everything goes, maybe nobody cares? Regardless, this brief essay is about sex, the language we use to describe reproduction. Human sexuality typically makes for mature reading. Depending on your...
by Ty Davison | Aug 26, 2019 | Essays
Several years ago we crossed the lexicographic Rubicon as Merriam-Webster gave literally the same definition as figuratively. Outrage by language purists understandably followed. Responses from pundits to Merriam-Webster’s pronouncement were, uh,...
by Ty Davison | Nov 2, 2018 | Essays
This may come as something of a shock, but I’m about to spend $60k on a car, the Tesla Model 3. There are some good reasons not to, the most obvious being the eye-popping price tag. It’s also a fair question as to whether or not cars are the future of...
by Ty Davison | Jan 27, 2018 | Essays
NSFW WARNING: There is no possible way to discuss the following without using adult language and talking about sex in graphic terms. Enjoy. It may be the curse of all aged human beings to watch the world they knew in their youth fade away as they begin to bemoan the...
by Ty Davison | Jun 25, 2014 | Essays
I died in my dreams last night. I don’t recall that ever happening before. We were in Paris, and German-speaking terrorists had been captured with a nuclear time bomb. When I stumbled upon them they were handcuffed and laughing. They informed me in broken...
