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Category Archives: science
The End of the World is coming
The End of the World is coming on December 21, 2012 according to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar. Enough people are concerned about this doomsday prediction that they are taking special precautions. In Michigan, Matt Wandrie, superintendent for Lapeer … Continue reading
Scientific Research in Washington DC
Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Institution of Washington as an organization for scientific discovery in 1902. The organization changed its name in 2007 to the Carnegie Institution for Science to reflect the fact that scientists work not only in Washington, … Continue reading
Skeptics doubt global warming
A NASA report stating that it was “unprecedented” that melting was taking place on 97 percent of Greenland’s ice cover was criticized by people who doubt that global warming is actually occurring. The critics point out that the current melting … Continue reading
Did Cleopatra bathe in milk?
At last, healthy feet It has been widely reported, although not confirmed, that Cleopatra bathed in milk. The practice may seem eccentric and somewhat bizarre, but close analysis indicates that bathing in milk or washing the skin with milk has … Continue reading
Global warming brings early cherry blossoms
The USDA published a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map based on the average annual minimum winter temperatures. Growers and gardeners use the map as a guide to determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. When the … Continue reading
The search for extraterrestrial life
Many years of robotic exploration of Mars have not produced evidence of life on the Red Planet. During the next twenty years, NASA will conduct several missions to try to determine whether life ever arose on Mars. NASA’s Mars Science … Continue reading
The Moon stood still for twelve hours
On November 6, 2010 I posted a theory that Mare Moscoviense on the far side of the Moon is the result of overlapping impacts from comet fragments. The image above highlights what I think are four of the major impacts. … Continue reading
Weight-Loss Ring
I received in the mail a catalog of household goods and trinkets. The cover had an advertisement for a “weight-loss ring” that is claimed to target weight loss in specific problem areas such as the tummy, hips or buttocks. The … Continue reading
Lava splash confirms impact origin of Aïr Massif in Niger
For many years geologists have considered the formation of the Aïr Mountains in Niger to be the result of magma accumulation. The area has no craters typical of meteorite strikes, and the circular features that hint that the formation could … Continue reading
Meteorite Craters near Agadez, Niger
There is a spot in the Niger Sahara Desert that looks like the surface of the moon, and for good reason. It appears that at least twenty meteorites struck this part of Africa millions of years ago. One crater is … Continue reading
