¡Flash! The Joy of Search is now available in your local bookstore! I stopped by my local bookstore (Kepler’s in Menlo Park, CA) and was just browsing new releases on the “Big Ideas” table. Lo and behold… there is was!&nbs…
I don’t mean to have so many ichthyological Challenges, it’s just that I can’t help myself… When I go diving, the world is just SO different than the dry world on land. That vast difference always makes me wonder what’s going on….
I’m scuba diving again … … I know–not a big surprise. But this time I’m diving with friends on a tropical island, taking a few underwater photos and finding remarkable things that require a bit of research when I get topside.  …
This was supposed to be simple… … but as we know, even simple Research Questions can sometimes be more complicated than you’d think. Here’s what I did in each case… 1. I’ve got a BIG (4 meters tall!) trellis of green be…
After the immensity of last week’s Challenge… … let’s do something fun (but challenging in a good way). During the past week, three questions came up for me, each of which I needed to do a bit of SRS sleuthing to figure them out.&nb…
I have to admit… … that writing this second part of the answer was WAAY more complicated than I expected. It’s more like writing about Planet Maps, a world of possibilities. I’d thought I would just pull together a few …
LOTS of comments this week… … as Regular SRS Readers chimed in with great suggestions for their favorite geo-resources. The new Google Earth on the web (https://www.google.com/earth/) is a fantasticgeo-located information resource.&…
You might have noticed… … lots of the SearchResearch Challenges involve finding other resources–like mapping sites–and then using them to help answer the Challenge-of-the-Week. The new Google Earth on the web (https://www.google.c…
Okay… by now I’m almost back into my Californian mindset… … but our Challenge from last week still remains. Remember, I asked: While there, I saw lots of wildlife. Such as this anemonefish I found on Raiatea,&nbs…
A couple of weeks ago…… I asked what I thought was a simple question about “lanes” of quiet water that one can see on bodies of water. Here’s that Challenge: 2. As we’re sailing from place to place, it’s not uncommon to see l…
I’m still in a Polynesian frame of mind… … and so I’ve been thinking about what I saw in Tahiti and French Polynesia quite a bit over the past couple of weeks. While there, I saw lots of wildlife. Such as this anemonefish I fo…
I’m back in Silicon Valley… but missing Polynesia.. If you get the chance to visit, you should. If the predicted sea level rise happens, many of these islands are going to be submerged. That’s tragic, but what’s worse is that the mem…
While travel in French Polynesia is great… … the wifi is rather slow and unpredictable. As a side-effect, I haven’t been able to get a good connection for a long enough period of time to actually do the online research needed to get answ…
I managed to find wifi! As I mentioned last week, I’m touring through French Polynesia for the next two weeks. It’s kind of a long way to go, but it’s completely worth it. Lots of long stretches as we sail from one island to the next.&…
Last time we talked about history… Now, let’s talk about math and geography and how much people know about each. In this excerpt from Raphael’s fresco The School of Athens, Pythagoras is shown writing in a book as a young man p…