January 23, 2015 Physical Science
Humankind has been curious about outer space for thousands of years. Over the centuries we’ve learned a lot about the planets, stars, comets, and other heavenly bodies. Like many kinds of knowledge, we’ve managed to transfer that information from books…
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Winter is a hard time for an animal to make a living. Plants go to seed or dormant, a blanket of snow covers the ground, and many water sources are frozen. Although some animals are able to remain active during…
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January 23, 2015 Physical Science
THE HISTORY OF THE APOLLO PROGRAMAccording to some this seems to be a place that they want to start filling up with people like they have Earth but it does not seem like a very good place to go for…
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I’ll have to admit: people can act pretty strangely in single’s bars and other places where reproductive urges overrule good sense. But that’s nothing compared to a buck deer. In the first place, he has the strange habit of growing…
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Hibernation is a curious thing that is still not fully understood by biologists even today. They may understand why animals hibernate, but not how they manage to do it, and for so long. Many creatures, including insects, reptiles, amphibians, and…
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January 23, 2015 Physical Science
Simply explained: a meteor shower occurs when a large number of meteoroids collide with the Earth’s atmosphere. They are caused when the orbit of Earth takes it through the fragments created from the waste of a comet. These pea sized…
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THE SNOW LEOPARD AND IT’S TAIL There are many stories and myths about the snow leopard and how it survives in the cold and isolated conditions in it’s Central Asian mountain habitat. The snow leopard is an endangered species though…
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January 23, 2015 Physical Science
John Glenn is an outstanding example of a man plentifully endowed with ‘the right stuff’. Born John Herschel Glenn Jnr on July 18th 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio, he was raised in New Concord and enjoyed a childhood he recalled as…
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Penguins live in the freezing climate of the Antarctic. At least that’s what most people believe, whether they are getting their information from biology textbooks or the animated movie “Happy Feet.” However, the image of penguins living ONLY in icy…
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January 22, 2015 Physical Science
Eons ago (or decades at least), iodine was commonly found in the medicine cabinet, used to sterilize cuts and scrapes. It has been replaced in this role by less harmful products, and as a result, people are less familiar with…
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