May 2020

Free Books!

Staying at home means a lot of reading for some people, and luckily we're living in a time when we can access lots of free reading materials online. My library carries lots of free eBooks to read, and Amazon has free books available every day. You can even read with the kindle app on your computer or phone if you don't have a Kindle. Audible is offering lots of free kids books right now, as is Sesame Street, which are also on Kindle.

The Biggest Cat Towers Ever

A friend of mine made an entire "catio" for her cats, complete with a screened-in area and enormous climbing spaces. I hope to do this for my own cats sometime, but in the meantime it got me thinking about the largest cat towers and climbing areas I've ever seen. Once we adopted a cat from a woman who fostered them in her basement with a huge sectioned off space for them to stay safe and play in, complete with towers, tunnels and other fun things, and I always thought that maybe I'd do something like that someday.

The Best Margarita Ever

Whether you're celebrating for Cinco de Mayo (which isn't really a big Mexican holiday, but you probably know that by now), adding a drink to your regular Taco Tuesday meal or you're just in the mood for some tequila, a margarita is often a great idea. The question is, what is the best way to make one?

The Consortium for Verification Technology Is Working On An Algorithm To Discriminate Radiation Sources in Shipping Containers And Vehicles

One major concern about nuclear power is the fear that terrorists or rebels could gain access to nuclear materials that they could use construct an actual fission bomb or just a dirty bomb that would disperse radioactive materials over a wide area. A number of technologies have been developed to scan containers and vehicles for radioactive materials, but they have problems.

Radioactive Waste 767 - Behavior Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Waste In Salt Repositories Is Being Researched By U.S. National Laboratories.docx

    There are thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel in cooling pools around the world that must be permanently disposed of. Phil Stauffer and researchers at the Los Alamos National Labs have been collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and other national laboratories are seeking a long term solution to the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel.

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