Recent content by Hildy

The biggest argument against calculation is that the knowledge at the time derived from Hippocrates who declared that pregnancy lasted 8 months. The biggest argument for the adaptation of a pre-Roman pagan tradition is the existence of the shepherds who watched their flocks by night. This is...

One quibble would be with the color red. I would suggest that an earlier association is with Catholic Cardinals and the Pope who some Protestants identified with the Antichrist. Also, the association with a goat might date back to the scapegoat of Leviticus.

I think the chances of a "we are here" narrow cast signal being directed in Earth's vicinity are close to nonexistent because space is big. The LGM signal turned out to be a pulsar (a type of object unknown at the time) and the WOW signal, while still not definitely explained, does not appeal to...

While an alien Aricebo equivalent might detect our Aricebo's one shot in the dark signal, it would be far more useful to know how far away their SETI could detect our strongest continuously broadcast signals which, I believe are clear channel AM radio stations. Broadcast signals might make...

One thing Garthpool and the article alluded to should be emphasized. Much of the Imperial System and none of the Metric System is human centric. A mile is about a thousand paces (a pace is two steps) and dates to Roman times to measure an army's march and put mile markers on roads. A yard is...

The only thing I can find on Google is an eCrater ad from Jin Chan Hua which is for the Ophiocordyceps Sobolifera cicada fungus . I suspect they tagged the ad with Massospora Cicadina after the articles showed up.

The key question is how can I get some to field test in my backyard?

To my mind the key word is help. In a study by Nevan Krogan of the University of California, San Francisco, nearly 70 drugs were identified as possibly effective against COVID-19 symptoms. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200324/fda-approved-drugs-show-promise-against-covid-19#1