Jacob Hood
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I love science so I went to school for it.
I have an interest in business, so I'm starting my own company.
I enjoy writing so I split my time between here and my Quora account.
You like my articles, so you clicked my profile :)
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The Thermodynamics of a Beer Can
Last weekend I made a mistake I am sure many of my readers have experienced, which was that I forgot to put enough drinks in the fridge a couple hours before I needed them. For many this would have been a disaster, and unfortunately, they would have been doomed to drinking warm beers until either they concluded the night or waiting for the process of which never seems fast enough, of their fridge naturally bringing their drink down to a frosty and cool 4-5 degrees Celsius (or 39-41 Fahrenheit if you're dead set on using freedom units) for enjoyable consumption.
By Jacob Hood5 years ago in FYI
The Population Bomb... Defused?
The idea that the world is overcrowded seems almost commonplace in the media and literature we consume on a daily basis. Countless books and apocalyptic projections surrounding the catastrophe of a seeming overabundance of humans in a limited world have caught the attention of millions and sold an equally sizable number of books including such successes as The Population Bomb, Countdown, and Life on the Brink. The story these books tell are all the same and all rooted in a certain element of truth; our numbers have grown exponentially and unfortunately the world has not. The issues harped on in these books all stem from one problem, overpopulation. Overpopulation is to many a frightening word, and the predictions made by these books authors fit the word "frightening" very well, they speak of famine, drought, disease, vast inequality and mass extinction on a global level. Thankfully none of these predictions have come true... yet. But one can't be too careful, so sit back, relax, maybe light some candles and draw a bath, while I do my best to examine the topic of human overpopulation in the world in what I hope is an easy to understand, if not so romantic, scientific analyses of the issue.
By Jacob Hood5 years ago in Earth
