Rick Jamez

How it Started, How it’s Going: And this is what 20 days of brutal cold can do when it comes to the fountain—aka Ice Volcano—at Letchworth State Park here in Western New York. Top image taken January 21, bottom image yesterday. At last we get a break and have milder air moving in.

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⚗️ Today, we remember Robert Boyle, a 17th-century Anglo-Irish scientist who is widely regarded as one of the founding figures of modern chemistry.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Born in 1627, Boyle helped transform chemistry from a mystical practice based on alchemy into a science based on experimentation and evidence.

🧪 His most famous contribution is Boyle’s Law, which he formulated in the 1660s. This law describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas: when the temperature is constant, the pressure of a gas increases as its volume decreases, and vice versa. This discovery was foundational in the study of gases and is still taught in science classes around the world today.

📘 Boyle published his ideas in his influential book The Sceptical Chymist (1661), where he argued against the traditional view of elements based on earth, air, fire, and water. Instead, he proposed that matter is made up of tiny particles, or “corpuscles,” and that chemical reactions are the result of their interactions. This helped lay the groundwork for atomic theory and the development of modern chemical science.

🔬 Boyle was also deeply interested in scientific methods, stressing the importance of careful observation, reproducible experiments, and skepticism of unproven theories. He was a founding member of the Royal Society, an institution that promoted scientific research in England.

🌟 Robert Boyle’s legacy lies in his commitment to experimentation, reason, and progress. He helped move chemistry away from superstition and speculation, shaping it into the evidence-based science it is today.

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Family members say the man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an ICU nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. https://ktla.com/news/ap-us-news/ap-the-man-killed-by-a-federal-officer-in-minneapolis-was-an-icu-nurse-family-says/