January 17, 2015 Earth Science
Sedimentary rocks are formed from material which was once a sediment. Therefore they are normally formed under a mass of water, making up a series of layers, or strata. These strata, originally horizontal, can often become folded or cracked (faulted)…
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Microorganisms are everywhere. They support life as we know it. They can live far out in the atmosphere and have been found as high as twenty miles up. They also live deep into our soils, and even beneath rocks. They…
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Twenty-six years ago I embarked on an adventure that consumed a year and a half of my life. It took me from my home in Virginia Beach, Va., and deposited me on a 10,000 foot high ice plateau at the…
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Entamoeba histolytica, often written as E. histolytica, is a protozoan parasite which is thought to have infected as many as 50 million humans worldwide. Its life cycle does not make for comfortable reading. Mature cysts – clusters of individual trophozoites encased…
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Science: The New Opiate of the Masses Religion is the opiate of the masses. Those words were once said by Karl Marx, the father of socialism. No Karl did not believe in God. When he saw the Catholic Church he…
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Crabs are very familiar denizens of any coastal area. Some form the basis for very important food fisheries, while others are notorious for invading the homes of less robust species, while others still are quiet occupants of the shore, neither…
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Theileria is a genus of protozoan parasites (family Theileriidae, suborder Piroplasmorina) transmitted by ticks. Several species cause theileriosis in ruminants by multiplying in the white blood cells, causing tumor-like growth, and then invading the red blood cells. The Wellcome Trust…
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On December 5, 1945, the five Avenger Torpedo bombers, commanded by Charles Taylor, was involved in a training mission, just off the coast of Florida. With the war over for a few months at the time, the United States was…
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Schistosoma is a nematode parasite responsible for causing the disease Schistosomiasis or ‘bilharzia’ in humans. Although most infections settle without any complications, and sometimes without any significant symptoms, some may develop life threatening events. Although the disease causing Schistosoma worms…
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Dimino Dynamics: From Non-Existence to Existence What is really needed in terms of discoveries is an awareness of the reality of dimino dynamics. How is it possible for what is not to become what is? If it is true that…
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