Therapy animals bring joy and comfort to Maui’s elderly and disabled

Shannon Dominguez works at least 70 hours per week at Upcountry Maui’s Haku Baldwin Center.She directs a popular community program called Animal-Assisted Therapy. Several times per week, she loads up her truck with a menagerie of well-trained animals–including dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks & chickens–and visits people who are elderly, infirmed or disabled. Her therapy animals bring [...]

Prevent computer crash

Your PC computer crashed. Now you face a blackout period when warranty repairs kicks in, or worse, repair bills. But your computer isn’t that old. Is the there any way to prevent computer crash? Yes, using these strategies provided by a longtime computer repairman.

Discoveries by amateurs set astronomy apart in science

In an era where scientific discoveries are generally the domain of highly trained professionals, an important discovery by an amateur serves to remind us that science grew into what it is today because of good old-fashioned curiosity.

Voter Registration for Members of the US Armed Forces and Their Families

Hawaii’s military population includes about 40,000 active, reserve, and National Guard troops, along with 18,000 civilian DoD employees, and more than 55,000 military dependents. There are also over 120,000 veterans in Hawaii. All of these people can register to vote in Hawaii, their home state, or as federal-only voters (voting only for Federal offices). Despite [...]

Science careers and the Hirsch or h-index

What is the value of a scientist’s career? Can it be summed up with one statistic or several? I explore these questions and more in “Indexing Your Career“, an article published in the March 7, 2008, edition of Science magazine in the careers section.