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,...
Tropical Storm Manuel: Lessons for México and Beyond
For the tourist city of Acapulco, the statistics about Tropical Storm Manuel are staggering, especially given its seemingly unassuming status as a storm and...
Not a Shred of Evidence
Back in the mid-1990s, the mother of one of my students confessed to me in front of her husband that, as a young girl,...
The Coming Plagues
What’s your reaction to this list of pandemic diseases: HIV, drug-resistant tuberculosis, virulent influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Dengue...
A Demoralizing Link Between Education and a Sick Planet
A few years ago, during a discussion about the migratory flyways of warblers in North America, I pointed to a large map that showed...
A Grand Rebounding of Nature
Years ago, I lived for a brief time in Steubenville, Ohio, a city steeped in history and tradition. At the time, it was also...
Another Heaven and Another Earth
In 1906, American naturalist, explorer, and author William Beebe waxed poetically about extinction: “The beauty and genius of a work of art may be re-conceived though...