“Inspired” by recent political debates and elections, I was motivated to investigate what appears to be a trend in electing “leaders” who are anything but leaders.  The following article proposes why mediocrity may be more than just the norm. March 1, 2012–With just days to go until Super Tuesday and the race for the Republican […]

Scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory have measured winds of 20 million MPH coming from a mysterious cosmic object known as a stellar-mass black hole within our galaxy. Scientists from the University of Michigan have discovered the fastest winds ever measured from a stellar-mass black hole, a discovery with important implications in understanding the nature […]