This week will feature a lot more science, with a nostalgic entry tomorrow, but focusing on the latest issue of  Scientific American  from Wednesday: What was the worst day ever for Planet Earth?  Which could well have been the best for us, as mammals began to develop. What was the worst event for Humanity? World War II? 70,000 years ago when  Homo sapiens  almost became extinct . Our biggest killer, heart disease, explained. First contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. A cosmic mystery is a fast radio burst.  The brand new Chinese 500-meter Tianyan "Eye of Heaven" detected 1,652 independent bursts from just one source over a period of 47 days.  So what?  Well, in a few thousandths of a second ( this is a tiny period of time much shorter than one second ), one burst produces as much energy as our Sun does in a whole month. The Ukraine War, if we survive, will spur more serious talks about total nuclear disarmament. On to the stories of the day: This weekend 13 mass shoot

It was 1958 and popular that year was   To Know Him Is to Love Him , by the Teddy Bears.  I bring this subject on this Sunday because my freshman college roommate said:  This is all about God. While that option was only a remote possibility to me at that time, I re-thought this potential when I woke up to view on Music Choice this song.  So what are the alternatives? Your father. A pet. God. A dog. Someone you like. So I went to  Wikipedia , and saw that the song was written by Phil Spector... THE infamous Phil Spector   ( left, also bottom left in above photo and playing guitar in the You Tube song ), who I'll delve into a bit later.  He said the words were on his father's tombstone:   To have known him was to have loved him .  Well, I guess that answers the question.  Then again, maybe not.   Spector further said that, for the music, he slowed-down the 1926  When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bobbin' Along) , first made popular by Al Jolson.  Written that year by Harry W