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I'm Ray Burke and I am your Channel Steward for Arts and Humanities. I am also the sub-channel steward for Ancient History. Over in the Betaville Zone is my Mars Zone. Check it out and have fun.

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Other Thinking about the future: 2 of 130
Our Last Great Century:This is it! The 21st century will be as great as humans will ever have it! Far from killing ourselves off through war, famine, global warming, nanotechnology, or indifference, and assuming we dodge the killer asteroid and survive other natural global catastrophes, then humans have an open and progressiv... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Stars: 2 of 130
Stars:Do stars cry in the middle of the star-lit nightabout life, death and the loneliness of light?Are they sentient and sensitive to the screams of the voidwithin which they swim upon gravity buoyed?Are they proud of their magnitude, their velocity and hueas they peer down at vacuum from which particles spew?Can they see th... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres The best comic book movies: 1 of 25
Best Comic Book Films:As a one-time avid reader of comic books, it's great to see some of them hit the big screen. There have been some great films adapted from Comic Books, but recently the bar has been raised as the right scripts, actors, director, and special effects have come together to realise all comic book readers' dr... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Global warming: What's the real truth?: 4 of 86
The Privatisation of Climate Change:Climate Change cannot be solved. Climate Change is not the end of the world. Climate Change can have more benefits than disadvantages. Climate Change is a man-made phenomenon that has made man the phenomenal being he is today.It seems that lately Climate Change is the measure of all things.... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Science versus religion: 2 of 40
I am not especially religious, but if God did exist then he would be seen as a scientist. It does make sense in that if God created the universe, then he created and used all chemistry and physics, etc., needed to kick start the universe in a big bang. Even human scientists when creating precursors to life needed a big spark ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Speculations & Criticisms Exploring the effect life on other planets would have on religion: 1 of 17
Aliens and Gods:The Vatican, it seems, is ready to boldly go where no Pope has gone before. Recently, two of the Vatican's top Astronomers have stepped out from behind the telescope and into the public pulpit to speak about their cosmological beliefs. While Vatican Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno is to speak at the 11th An... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God What is your understanding of God?: 7 of 118
God's Assets:Occasionally, I ponder the very stuff of God's divine nature and wonder about his existence. Now in this time of global financial crisis, I wondered how such a crisis would affect God. The universe is God's greatest asset, so how rich is God? Since he created the universe, does he have sole ownership, or is his u... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Meaning of life: 8 of 122
Carpet marks:What is life about, really? Recently, as I entered my bedroom I noticed, more than before, a well-worn spot over in the corner by a cabinet. And for some reason the thought occurred to me that if I dropped dead what would people make of the trails in my carpet? What would those marks say about my life -my favouri... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) Thoughts on Mars: Past goals and future exploration: 1 of 14
WE are in danger, danger of not realising our dreams. I had attended the 4th European Mars Conference at the Open University in the UK, 2004, and was inspired and impressed by the varied presentations and the visionary goals. Since then, the whole experience and the story of reaching the Martian Grail has been further impress... More..
Other If you could have a one-hour interview with any human being past or present, who would it be?: 17 of 228
The One-Hour Interview:First, I would have to resist that old axiom: Never meet your hero. I would then prepare myself to meet the ultimate Vitruvian man: Leonardo da Vinci. He was the circle and the square of art and science; a visionary polymath and Renaissance Man of art, writing, music, invention, engineering, mathematics... More..