H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.
H. Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D. : In Memoriam
Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D., scientist, veteran science educator, conservationist, and explorer, passed to the Beyond on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at King’s Daughters Health and Rehabilitation Center in Staunton,...
H. BRUCE RINKER: Words That I’ve Lived By
During one of my morning meditation practices this week, I reflected on some of the...
H. BRUCE RINKER,P.h.D.: During These High Holy Days
This time of the year is filled annually with noisy festivals and twinkling lights, and...
H. Bruce Rinker: Oneing with the Lotus
As a scientist, I am intrigued by seemingly archaic words that regain a contemporary relevance...
H. BRUCE RINKER: Trump’s New Clothes
“The Emperor Has No Clothes” was a folktale published in 1837 by Hans Christian Anderson,...
A Dash of Darwin, a Pinch of Puzzlement
On 12 February 2015, we celebrated International Darwin Day to honor the 206th birthday of Charles Darwin, British naturalist, author, and humanitarian. Arguably, he...
Je Suis Charlie!
On Wednesday, 7 January 2015, people around the world were horror-struck to learn that masked gunmen had stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo,...
What’s A Tree Thief … and Why All the Kisses?
Recently, I drove north on Interstate 81 from Lexington toward Staunton, spotting a thick green clump high in a stand of oaks along the...
Millions of Miles from Darwin
Early this morning (Wednesday, 12 November 2014), we all heard the news that the European Space Agency’s Philae probe landed on a comet hundreds...
The Passing of a Pigeon
This is the year for two notable, and related, anniversaries.
As we observe the 200th birthday of the national anthem of the United States, “The...
A Southerner Bids Adieu to Maine
As a native Virginian, I have endured three years of self-imposed exile in the Yankee wilds of coastal Maine.
I’ve lived (barely) through three ghastly...
