test Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/test/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:15:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Inflicting Pain on Family Pets and Other Animals on Purpose https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/29/inflicting-pain-on-family-pets-and-other-animals-on-purpose/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:19:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9657 They’re just dumb animals…maybe.  But should they suffer needlessly?  Some researchers have abandoned what they deem cruel product-testing on animals, saying its results are questionable (human

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]]> Dogs & Covid-19 https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/04/dogs-covid-19/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:55:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9530 Studies are going on right now to see if dogs can sniff out the coronavirus in people. For a long time, dogs have sniffed out

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]]> Three Gates https://smthingscount.com/2019/03/14/three-gates/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:04:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7818 Today’s Thursday Thought concerns words and how we use them. Anything that doesn’t make it through these three gates should never be spoken.

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]]> Time to Teach? Wow! https://smthingscount.com/2015/07/08/time-to-teach-wow/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:17:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3932 President Obama wants to revamp “No Child Left Behind” in part by limiting time spent on standardized testing.  As a teacher who spent untold hours

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]]> Why Rocket Tests Have Glitches https://smthingscount.com/2014/12/05/why-rocket-tests-have-glitches/ Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:04:51 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3329 Poor Orion.  Like many of its predecessors, before it was successfully launched  it had several glitches–from wind to malfunctioning valves.   I figured out WHY this

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]]> Chimps Escape into Retirement https://smthingscount.com/2013/06/28/chimps-escape-into-retirement/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:16:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1797 Chimps are getting retired, not rewired (or slathered with toxic creams or injected with poisons).  That’s good news from the National Institute of Health.  For

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