February 20, 2014 Physical Science
Many people know the word “astronomy”. And most of people also know it is related to stars, sky, and universe. However, they often misread astronomy and mix it with other subjects. Generally speaking, astronomy is often taken as astrology and…
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February 20, 2014 Physical Science
Pilots of the first generations of aircraft had a lot of things to worry about. The use of spoilers and air brakes were not yet a concern. Improvements in engine performance enabled faster airspeeds and larger, heavier aircraft. Each incremental…
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February 20, 2014 Social Science
The current BP oil spill disaster is the most prominent case of institutional damage and need for repair. The former Mineral Management Service had devolved into an embarrassing and ineffective service that referred to the entities that it was supposed…
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It has long since been known that gorillas and homo sapiens are primates but a recent genome study suggests that humans and gorillas may be even closer than once thought. It is now thought that the human-gorilla chimp lineage split off about 10…
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Spiders webs are beginning to weave an intriguing new story of how they ensnare their prey. Capture of flying and crawling fodder may not just be a lucky accident – for the spider – but the result of an electrostatic…
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February 20, 2014 Social Science
One more tragic and infuriating mistake of the Bush administration was to prosecute a war with no budget or plan for dealing with the returning soldiers who would be entitled to their Veteran’s Administration (VA) benefits. There was little or…
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February 20, 2014 Social Science
America stratifies itself on every scale possible, including class, caste and race. It is very telling when television’s “Housewives” franchise shows the levels of various women as they show off what is supposed to be a well heeled lifestyle. But…
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The order Sirenia contains dugongs, manatees and sea cows. There are two families containing four species in this order. There is a fifth extinct species of sirenian that are extinct. The four living species in the order of sirenia are…
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February 19, 2014 Social Science
The virtual world is just a computer or smart phone screen away from us. These days, that virtual world travels with us everywhere we go, even deep into nature where nothing man made is visible for miles. Reality in the…
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As if humans have too little to worry about, a convocation of mirobioligists recently published data indicating that some bacteria possess the facility of olfaction. Bacteria have long been held responsible, in olfactory terms, for creating a multitude of malodorous…
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