On March 4th, 2021 Moses McCormick, aka “Laoshu50500” on YouTube, suddenly passed away (but surely did not leave us). Following the news, it only felt right for me to share my thoughts on the topic of language learning that was almost entirely a product of Laoshu’s gift to the world…

It probably comes to no surprise that the top two most consumed beverages in the world are tea and coffee, respectively. Growth prospects for both beverages show positive trends with dominant growth occurring in the Asia-Pacific regions. Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGR) are projected to be around 6–7% for tea…

Clear skies with a 50% chance of extremely high velocity, micro-bits of rock. Temperature lows in the -40s and highs in the 100s celsius. For satellite engineers, the detrimental impacts of temperature fluctuations and collisions with orbital debris (natural and man-made) as small as a few centimeters are clear. Thankfully…

The crowding of small satellites in orbit was seen as a potential issue as early as 2001 when three individuals, Yakovlev, Kulik, and Agapov, wrote a paper for a European conference on space debris. Graphs using NASA data showed the increasing favorability for lighter weight satellites. They concluded that if…

For Westerners, Taiwan remains low on the list for the most frequented destinations within Asia. Growth in tourism has steadily increased for the island since 2008 when Chinese mainland citizens were granted access, but the numbers for U.S. citizens remain small. Fortunately though, Taiwan allows 90 days of visa-free entry…

In the San Augustine Plains of central New Mexico, 27 radio telescopes stand tall, operating nearly 24 hours, 7 days a week capturing extremely weak signals emitted from all over the Universe. This flat and vast land, once a seabed, sits at an altitude of 7,000 feet and is surrounded…