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Krypton Krypton is a chemical element with an atomic number of 36. Its symbol is Kr and its name comes from the Greek word kryptos , which means hidden. It was first discovered in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers. Ramsay and Travers took a sample of air from the atmosphere, liquified it (through cooling) and then evaporated it, isolating Krypton from what was left. This work contributed to the creation of a new column in the periodic table, created for noble gases, and for Ramsay winning the Nobel Prize in 1904. Krypton is one of the most scarce elements in the Earth’s atmosphere, occurring at only 1 part per million (Nitrogen, which makes up 78% of the atmosphere, occurs at 780,000 parts per million). In gas form, krypton is colorless and odorless. As a solid, it appears white and has a cubic crystal structure. Its melting point is -157 degrees celsius and its boiling point is -153 degrees celsius. Krypton gas is used to fill fluorescent lights and can b...

Regarding the consumption of microplastics in the human diet, I feel like this is what we get for producing so much plastic and just then putting it in the trash with little concern for what's going to happen with it long term.  We act like recycle is going to reduce the environmental impact of all the plastics we produce, but there are lots of plastics that are not recyclable. Styrofoam, for example is not. We need to find sustainable, non-toxic alternatives for plastic as soon as possible. I also think of us consuming microplastics as part of the decomposition process. We are like little worms eating dead leaves and turning them into dirt, except we are decomposing plastics, probably absorb some of their toxicity, and then excreting the rest back into the environment, hopefully reducing the toxic effect for the environment and other creatures further down the road.  The unfortunate part is that the people most likely to be negatively impacted are low-income people. Take the...

I'm still having trouble fulling accepting/understanding the concepts of Uncertainty. It says that until a subatomic particle is measured or observed, the likelihood that its location is in any particular place is equal to the likelihood it is anywhere else in the universe, and therfore we can't know where it is? And that it is essentially everywhere at once? But how does this work if we understand electrons to be orbiting around the nucleus of an atom? Don't they occupy a pretty small orbit? If we are discussing an atom that's part of an object that's right in fron of us, ins't the likelihood that that atom's protons are also right in front of us higher than the likelihood that they are currntly spinning out towards Pluto? I find the concept of unbroken wholeness and connectedness very interesting. I would not say I definitely believe this, but I think the concept that just one small change or action in the world could produce effects that...

Bio My name is Eric Darvish. I am 35 years old and from St. Louis, Missouri.  I recently moved back to the Bay Area to study Chinese medicine. I first started my formal study of “alternative medicine” in 2009 when I began studying Western herbalism at what is now known as the Berkeley Herbal Center. In order to increase my scope of practice, I decided to study tui na at ACCHS, and completed my massage training there in 2011.  During that program, one of my instructors, Jason Frye, suggested I study with another teacher, Liu Ming. Through my experiences stuying tui na at ACCHS and Chinese cosmology and astrology with Liu Ming,  I realized that I wanted to pursue a more in depth study of Chinese medicine, and so I moved back home to St. Louis to finish my undergrad degree and get ready for acupuncture school. While back home,  I got completely sidetracked, and it took me until the Summer of 2019 to refocus my attention and intention to where I want it.  No...

Bio   My name is Eric Darvish. I am 35 years old and from St. Louis, Missouri.  I recently moved back to the Bay Area to study Chinese medicine. I first started my formal study of “alternative medicine” in 2009 when I began studying Western herbalism at what is now known as the Berkeley Herbal Center. In order to increase my scope of practice, I decided to study tui na at ACCHS, and completed my massage training there in 2011.  During that program, one of my instructors, Jason Frye, suggested I study with another teacher, Liu Ming. Through my experiences stuying tui na at ACCHS and Chinese cosmology and astrology with Liu Ming,  I realized that I wanted to pursue a more in depth study of Chinese medicine, and so I moved back home to St. Louis to finish my undergrad degree and get ready for acupuncture school. While back home,  I got completely sidetracked, and it took me until the Summer of 2019 to refocus my attention and intention to where...