Watching The World Change
The Meaning of Life The theory of relativity defines the dimensions (energies) space and time (the space-time continuum) in relation to each other. e=mc2 Energy represents time, mass represents space and c2 is the speed of light in a vacuum squared (constant). Consider time to be pure energy which allows other energy to interact (oscillate)….
1984: The Future Right now we are fighting “the war on terror” if there is such a thing. Terrorism, like communism, is just another strategy of the government to keep normal people from thinking. The war on terror is a conspiracy designed to give people who are in power all the power. If you oppose…
A Field Guide to Critical Thinking by James Lett There are many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the United States today, including: the irresponsibility of the mass media, who exploit the public taste for nonsense, the irrationality of the American world-view, which supports such unsupportable claims as life after death and the…
Gordon Cooper Jr., the astronaut who piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5, died Oct. 4 at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. A memorial service is planned for Friday, October 15 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex. Image left: Cooper…
The southern edge of Saturn’s equatorial band displays a scalloped appearance in this Cassini image, as clouds of bright material are stretched and pulled like taffy. The shadow of Saturn’s rings is visible through the thin C ring at upper right. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on Sept. 13,…
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It was a quiet day on the Sun in September of 2000. The above image from NASA’s sun-observing TRACE spacecraft shows, however, that even during “off days” the Sun’s surface is a busy place. Shown in ultraviolet light, the relatively cool dark regions have temperatures of thousands of degrees. A large sunspot group is visible…
Four hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, were startled by the sudden appearance of a “new star” in the western sky, rivaling the brilliance of the nearby planets. Now, astronomers using NASA’s three Great Observatories are unraveling the mysteries of the expanding remains of Kepler’s supernova, the last such object…
Just when astronomers thought they might have dug up the last of our galaxy’s “fossils,” they’ve discovered a new one in the galactic equivalent of our own backyard. Called globular clusters, these ancient bundles of stars date back to the birth of our Milky Way galaxy, 13 or so billion years ago. They are sprinkled…
Mars Rovers Probing Water History at Two Sites NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled. The more they look, the more evidence of past liquid water on Mars these robots discover. Team members reported the new findings at a news briefing today. About six months ago,…
First of all, let me tell you that no one was a bigger skeptic than I was. I laughed at the stories of ghosts inhabiting houses. I howled at the idea of disembodied spirits lingering here on earth. Then, I experienced it! We lived in a small, rental house in Illinois. My husband and I…