— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 24 January 2012, was last revised on 8 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:01(04). ————————– The English word “Intuition” is derived from the Latin intus, meaning “within.” Intuition, therefore, is the capacity — presumed by some as intrinsic to the human spirit — ...

— This article by Jerry Cates was first published on 24 August 2011, and was last revised on 29 January 2015. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:08(03). ————————————- That label, EXPERT, is bandied around quite a lot these days. In truth, it’s been applied as a precious title for centuries, the world over. And it has meant the ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 4 July 2011, was revised last on 11 August 2013. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:07(03) ————————— The modern English word “pollution” is derived from the Latin polutus = “defiled.” ————————— Water pollution is defined as the addition of impurities, to a water source, that negatively affect water ...

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 4 July 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:07(02) —————————- The modern English word infestation is a variation of the Middle English word infesten = “to distress,” which derived from the Old French word infester, a ...

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 4 February 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:02(03) —————————— Please don’t be discouraged to find you must log in and register before leaving a comment. When this website was first established, public comments were permitted ...

—This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 1 March 2010, was last revised on 23 April 2016. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 11:03(04). —————————————– The name is a reference to William of Ockham, a 14th-century logician who asserted that, when explaining a phenomenon, one should use the fewest assumptions necessary. Thus Occam’s razor argues for minimalism and ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published in January 1999, was last revised on 24 December 2023. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 01:01(07). It is a curious fact, given the published research of Mortimer Adler and others, that most of us grow up believing that mistakes are the bane, and not the boon, of our existence. ...