Evolution: Teaching Students Both Sides

Students should be presented both views on the evolution and intelligent design controversy.

The Straight Scoop on Uranium

Where did the name uranium come from? Most believe it was named after the 7th planet from the Sun. But Sir William Herschel called it something else upon his discovery. Get the straight scoop.

Web Cam Astrophotography Basics

Learn the basics of doing astrophotography with a web cam. Find out what web cams, accessories and software you will need to get started.

All for One, One for All: Fireants

Fireants are descended from wasps, which accounts for their aggressive behavior. Each ant colony is a unit, as a whole and most of their workers are females.

Overview of Tidal Energy

As the world looks for alternative fuel sources, tidal energy is starting to attract attention again. Following is an overview of tidal energy.

Man and Chimpanzees are Nearly the Same with 99% Similar DNA

Many believe that mankind is divine and made in the image of their God and that Chimpanzees are animals, yet with 99% similar DNA it is a really tough debate to uphold. Yet, still religious followers around the Globe will hear none of the DNA evidence and stick to their religious text.

Man Was Created By God And Is A Spiritual Being Above Any Animal? WTF

Many believe in their religious doctrines that man is not an animal and that he was not only created in the image of god but is a spiritual being. This means that they believe mankind is not an animal and does not belong in the animal category.

Chinese Academy of Sciences Keeping Up with DARPA

The Chinese have designed an ARV unmanned underwater vehicle, which operates like an ROV and it seems to have some dynamic and revolutionary features. This is quite a leap forward for the Chinese and brings them up with the current UUV technologies of Universities like Berkeley, MIT, Stanford and others.

Galactic Mystery - Matter - On the Dark Side

Scientific inquiry can be described as a sequence of observations leading to a hypothesis which must be tested by experimentation. The results either validate or invalidate the hypothesis which was under test. Unfortunately, the interpretation of the data sometimes does not elucidate some new truth but rather eclipses our thoughts into a new era of ignorance.

Animals in Captivity May Not Take Learned Skills Back to the Wild

Many believe and some have documented instances when wild animals are taken from the wild and taught a new skill, that they do not necessarily use those skills once out of captivity. Why is this? Well many reasons one

Humans and Chimpanzees are Cousins

Many people think that humans are divine and made in the image of God. Yet, we see Chimpanzees are so very similar to us in so many ways. In fact they are more like human children than animals. If we are to classify chimpanzees as animals then humans are animals too.

Research Ethics, Experimentation, Peer Review, and Focus

True scientific research and honest and ethical collection of data is a must for the forward progression of both science and mankind. Recently such a topic came up in an online think tank in discussing a particular research project and one of the leading researchers said...

Illegal Logging and Biodiversity Degradation in the Tropics

forest biodiversity degradation is caused by overexploitation or illegal logging in the tropics.

Are Dreams An Exercise In Quantum Physics?

While watching a program which involved an attempt to explain quantum mechanics to average people, it struck me that the explanation of how things work on the quantum level sounded a lot like the kind of things that happen in dreams. There are a number of interesting observations that seem to fit the picture of correlating dreams with visits to the quantum world.