Saber Tooth Tiger Skull
The Species that Almost Got it Right
Published September 26, 2011
It is a crazy and backward idea that the universe was created out of nothing and most mathematicians, cosmologists, astronomers, and physicists believe that. Cosmology has become cosmogony, the dubious study of the “origin” of the universe. Continue reading
Hypatia of Alexandria
Published April 28, 2011
She was a mathematician, philosopher and the daughter of Theon Alexandricus, the last librarian of the Alexandria Library in the Museum of Alexandria. She was educated at Athens and in Italy; at about 400 AD, she became headmistress of the Platonist school at Alexandria, where she imparted the knowledge of Plato and Aristotle, to any student; the pupils included pagans, christians, and foreigners.Continue reading
Stem Cell Research and Therapy
Published February 3, 2011
There are as many sides to the stem cell controversy as there are people talking about it. However I see 3 major categories of opinion on this subject.Continue reading
Shades of Gray
Published January 7, 2011
The Helix Nebula is a trillion-mile-long cloud of hot gases." At its center is dying star which has ejected masses of dust and gas to form tentacle-like filaments stretching toward an outer rim composed of the same material. Our own sun may look like this in several billion years.
Taking pictures with the Hubble Space Telescope is much more complex than taking pictures with a traditional camera. Hubble's cameras record light from the universe with special electronic detectors. These detectors produce images of the cosmos not in color, but in shades of black and white.
Continue readingSeven Days a Week
Published December 27, 2010
Did you ever wonder why we have seven days in a week? As it turns out the seven day week is based on the moon and not the sun. There are 29 days to the moons cycle which breaks down into 4 seven day periods with 1 day of what is called a New Moon (also called the Dark Moon) and is not visible as there is no sun light is being reflected to earth from its surface.Continue reading
Lucky Seven
Published December 15, 2010
The number seven has a long history of mystical and religious associations: Seven Sleepers, Seven Ages of Man, Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece, Seventh Son of the Seventh Son, Seven Sisters and Seven Days Week.
In math and science seven is a prime number, a seven-sided shape is a heptagon, and there are seven types of catastrophes. There are seven colors of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Continue readingThe Seven Sisters of the Pleiades
Published November 27, 2010
The Pleiades, located more than 400 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, are the subject of many legends and writings throughout the world. Greek mythology holds that the great hunter Orion saw the Pleiads as they walked through the Boeotian countryside, and fancied them. He pursued them for seven years, until Zeus answered their prayers for delivery and transformed them into doves placing them among the stars. Later on, when Orion was killed, he was placed in the heavens behind the Pleiades, immortalizing the chase.
Homo Erectus Pekinensis
Published September 14, 2010
No it is not what you think silly, get your mind out of the gutter and let’s take a journey back in our evolutionary history of about 700,000 years ago to a cave just outside of what is now called Beijing (written 'Peking' before the adoption of the Pinyin romanization system), China. This is where the last of the Homo Erectus made their stand against the forces of nature. A battle which they eventually lost.
Are Zebras Black with White Stripes or White with Black Stripes?
Published September 6, 2010
Whether you think Zebra stripes are black or white, you can't deny they make a fashion statement. They seem far more exotic than their cousins the horse and donkey and is one of the oldest members of the equestrian family.
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