Things Are about to Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart has helped me learn some interesting characteristics of Ibo society, such as how their economy works, what kinds of human characteristics are valuable to them, and the kinds of food that they eat. Things Fall Apart show many interactions between families and friends. Often in these meetings, there are negotiations and ritual greetings. When someone walks into your house, that person often comes with, "a kola nut, some alligator...

We live on a knife's edge

Gian Giudice, a theoretical physicist, delivered a very interesting talk about the seemingly precarious situation that our entire universe is in. I first heard about the Higgs boson particle, I knew that it was a huge leap in theoretical physics, but I had no idea what kind of effect it would have on the way that we look at the universe. The Higgs boson particle was observed in the particle accelerator when scientists collided protons. This particle seems to prove that the Higgs field, a big cloud of undetectable, omnipresent energy that gives...