The top ten greatest inventions are debatable. What one man finds great another may consider only sub-par. That said there are a few items which should, by all rights, be on virtually every list – inventions that have steered the…
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Well for all the crazy people out there in the world, add me to the list. UFO’s are a fact. First I would like to remind you that to be vain is a sin. I believe that we are being…
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THE FINAL BATTLE IN THE WAR AGAINST HIV AND AIDS by Benjamin Weeks It was in June, 1981 when the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an article in its weekly bulletin, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) that…
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At the initial stages of an unfortunate major air accident’s investigation, one of the first things to be sought after is the Black Box, or the aircraft’s data recorders. The Black Box, which is actually orange, are actually two separate…
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How important are microorganisms in the Earth’s ecosystems? They are vital. Without microorganisms, the ecosystems of the world would collapse and die. First, they would be swamped in dead bodies or “knee-deep in dead elephants” as one witty microbiologist once…
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Ever since the the Russian news agency, Ria Novosti, reported that Russian space scientists are very concerned over the prospects of asteroid Apophis striking Earth, much talk has erupted in some European scientific circles over the likelihood of such a…
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While a modern aircraft engine is extremely reliable, and especially more so turbine engines found on many airliners, an engine failure event, albeit rare, does occur. This can be due to a wide multitude of reasons. By far, the most…
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Learning how the microbes work is an ongoing process. Scientist learn one new thing and that opens up other possibilities. Microbial physiology is a science dealing with the makeup of microbes. It is part of the peculiar and important makeup…
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When science was in its infancy, ideology was thousands of years old. Science was supposed to be the opposite of ideology, something to put the world in a ‘rational perspective’. Scientists were supposed to be men of rational thought, who…
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Widespread belief in UFOs from other planets is one example of how the human mind uses mystery and faith to maintain a sense of power in the face of the otherwise overwhelming forces unleashed by the use of science to…
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