Few of us might have even bothered to consider air as matter, far more that the apparent nothingness has various components. Fresh air is easy to take for granted, until we go without it at least. When we were first taught…
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Bioprospecting refers to the practice of isolating medically useful active ingredients from traditional indigenous medicines around the world or from previously unutilized plants, both usually in developing countries, and both usually (though not necessarily) by agents of multinational pharmaceutical corporations…
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Ike, Katrina, Rita, Gaston – names many of us associate with destruction. They are names of hurricanes that have hit the coastlines of the United States in the past few years. But have you ever wondered how or why they…
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WISPS ON THE MORNING DAWN From the cute little puppy dogs to the ominous ogres in the sky, clouds can capture many an imagination. Little children sometimes think that clouds might be made of cotton candy. That’s a sweet thought,…
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Man alone has culture? In the Helium debate, presumably taken only by humans, (despite the fondness your cat may have for the keyboard); the idea that many animals have culture is far and away in the lead. Looking deep into…
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Kids can face serious trauma when put in such bad weather situations. Having to evacuate a home, sit through strong winds and rain, dealing with power outages – all of these things can be frightening to adults so why wouldn’t…
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How El Nino affects the weather? El Nino, while in the overall effect in that it happens every two or three years, can be considered a normal weather aberration, yet it plays fast and loose with the weather conditions of…
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Intelligent Extinction It struck me, while reading Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything” that we humans are really here by the skin of our teeth. Our ancestors have dodged every single extinction event going for millions of years….
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Snowstorms usually occur between November and April in the northern hemisphere, but can appear as early as October or as late as May. It seems illogical, but spring snowstorms may actually produce more snow than winter ones, because of the…
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Water is the main source of human and animal life survival and is dependant on a source of clean drinkable water. People can survive for weeks without food, but even one day without water can cause dehydration and even death….
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