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  • The Value of Anger

    Anger is like pain. It’s unpleasant, but informative. If you’re in pain, the logical course of action is to figure out why, and decide whether or not you can do something about it in the future. It’s a stimulus that demands a response. Anger is very similar. If you’re angry, the question to ask is Read more

  • Dating Replica Black Powder Revolvers

    Italian manufacturers began shipping black powder replica revolvers to the US in 1958 – one of the first to get into production was Aldo Uberti, and since he didn’t have a manufacturer’s license he was partnered with a guy named Gregorelli.  These early replicas -1851 Navy Colts – were copies of an original, that (according Read more

  • Populations Graphed

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  • Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph to escape Earth?

    Benjamin L. Emerson, Georgia Institute of Technology Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph (about 40,000 kilometers per hour) to escape Earth? – Bo H., age 10, Durham, Read more

  • The 1910 Map of Lincoln County

    As you look a this map of Lincoln County, drawn just after the county was carved off from Flathead, one of the first things that grabs your attention is the number of towns that existed along the Kootenai River and the railroad. The second thing is the marked sections – the unsurveyed portions of the Read more

  • No Room for Anger

    I am, once more, observing anger and hissy fits over politics and election results.  Personally, I will be going to Canada again – for me, it’s a close and habitual destination.  The only thing that has interfered with those visits was their legal system during covid – and it’s their country, their rules. I don’t Read more