Math is Hard Even for the Experts

Are we losing the skills we need to solve new math problems?

Years ago when I took my first college-level math class I realized two things very quickly. First was that I am not cut out to be a mathematician. Second was that I didn't learn math in high school as well as I thought. I was an A/B student in high school. Most of my Bs were in math and science but I thought that meant I was pretty solid on the stuff. College classwork taught me otherwise. I guess my friends and I were too busy talking with the girls. My math problems were small compared to those facing the world.

Time Travel is the Next Big Frontier

Time travel fascinates scientists but what if big business cashes in on the idea?

Travel and adventure go hand in hand.  Every year when I was growing up my parents planned a big vacation trip for our family.  I always looked forward to those trips with some excitement and some trepidation.  The excitement was because I knew we would go someplace new.  The trepidation was because sometimes the trips turned out to be less exciting than I hoped.  That's part of growing up.  We kids sometimes had bad days and when you are on the road with the family there is no place to run to when you want to sulk or deal with your anger.  But all in all the trips were fun.

7 Simple Ways to Save Money

Saving money should be simple, fast, easy, and painless.

Everyone talks about saving money but who can actually do it?  Most of us will never become millionaires.  The number one reason why we don't become rich is that we spend most of our money on things we want rather than things we need.  We're not choosing between wants and needs.  We spend money on what we need.  But we don't stop there.  We keep spending because we see shiny new things and we want them even though we don't need them.

Finding People Is Not As Simple As It Sounds

Finding long lost friends and family has been made easier by the Internet.

There was a girl I went to grade school with.  I had such a crush on her.  I remember thinking about her every day for almost a whole school year.  And then she moved away and I never saw her again.  And I have never forgotten her.  Her name was Sheila, or Sarah, or Samantha, or something.  She had the most beautiful eyes and long brown hair.  Why can't I remember her name?

Innovative Ways to Save on Housing Costs

Space-saving options include Murphy beds, but entire homes can be engineered to save space.

I have always wanted to live in a TARDIS.  If you are not familiar with the BBC television show "Doctor Who", the TARDIS is a time and space traveling ship.  The name is an acronym meaning "Time And Relative Dimension In Space".  The inside of the TARDIS is larger than the outside.  No one knows exactly how large it is because the Doctor has occasionally jettisoned portions of it.  But it's probably large enough to house a small city.  And it moves through both time and space so you can visit the beginning of the universe or the last star before it goes out.

Mass Transportation is Changing Our World In Small Ways

Mass transportation is changing our world in many small ways.

Growing up in a big city I was always aware of mass transportation.  We had buses running everywhere.  That is mass transportation.  And I have cousins who ride trains from their suburbs into midtown to their jobs.  That is mass transportation.  But mass transportation is changing.  We are not doing away with the buses and trains.  We're just thinking about new ways of moving masses of people.