More and more today’s society is embracing the natural power of the Earth as an energy source. As well as the Earth, the sun has a lot of power to offer as well. You have probably seen a solar panel before, if not on the tops of h…
What is Really in A Hot-Dog?
Its as American as a cheeseburger, and apple pie, it’s the hot-dog, corn-dog, pigs-in-a-blanket or however you like it. But what exactly is in hot-dog meat? Not all hot-dogs are the same, for example if a hot dog is labele…
NASA’s Space Litter Conundrum
The human race has left a mark on every setting it has injected itself into. The most invisible are the toxins released and the effect on other living things. More visible is the litter we trash our planet with. Even on the m…
Biodegradable Gum.
Anyone who has had the misfortune of landing themselves in trouble may be familiar with the experience of scraping gum off from under desks, pews, and tables. Traveling to New York, the undersides of handrails are covered …
Beef Minus the Cow.
How do you want your meat? From a farm or from a lab? You may soon have this option. This is due to new “cultured meat” technology. Dr. Mironov of the Medical University of South Carolina is bioengineering meat. His goa…
The Human Animal: Part 1
Africa
Introduction to the Human
Most humans do not regard themselves as animals; we regard ourselves as higher beings. How this status developed is also unknown. According to the Bible we are made in Gods image, accordin…
A Misplaced Piano.
Up until recently a piano had been resting on the highest point of a Miami sandbar. And its not a prank it’s a “movement” said 16-year-old Nicholas Harrington.
Nicholas was found to be the culprit only after a couple m…
Life: From Space
Life from space may have landed on Earth, it didn’t get here on a flying saucer and it doesn’t look like little green men neither. In 2008, meteor shower left meteor fragments strewn across the Sudan dessert. Recently t…
Burd is the Word: Decomposing Plastic, an Incredible Feat
Burd, Burd, Burd. Burd is the word right now in Waterloo Ontario. Daniel Burd did more for his high school science project than many scientists will do in their careers. The teenager was able to decompose a plastic shopping …
