Articulations (medical): a joint, where 2 bones meet
Articulations (movement): movement at a joint
Articulations (language): utterance, verbal expression
Articulations (blog): the intersection where all of the above meet
What is DXA?
DXA (or DEXA) stands for Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry. It is a device that uses 2 X-ray beams of differing energy levels. This allows it to distinguish between soft tissue and bone absorption of the X-rays. Its original use was to determine bone density and it is also now used to evaluate body composition. With body…
STEM-Talk Episode 142
Here is my STEM-Talk interview (on the Fall Equinox, yay!). In it, I discuss TOFI (no, not Tofu! Not Tophi either!) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stem-talk/id1091402153?i=1000580211718
Being Leonardo da Vinci
As a child I thought that I would be Leonardo da Vinci when I grew up. Not that I would aspire to his fame and greatness–I merely thought it was a job, like being an engineer, a teacher, an accountant. Classify clouds, watch the eddies dance in streams, invent weaponry and mechanical devices to do…