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Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Science fails to predict the weather: 1 of 8
Predicting the weather is a little bit like delivering the mail. If you get it right, no one notices. If you get it wrong, everyone does. Compounding the problem is the fact that predicting the weather is a substantially more complex problem than delivering a few billion pieces of mail. In 1961 Dr. Edward Lorentz was running ... More..
Autos > Buying New Cars Autos: Choosing two-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive: 2 of 12
You're buying a new car. You know the style you like. You know the color you want. You know the sound system and all of the bells and whistles that you just have to have. Then, just when you think you are ready to make a decision, someone asks if you prefer two or four wheel drive. Are you ready to answer? There are importan... More..
Sciences > Astronomy Asteroids and their impact on planet earth: 2 of 6
It's out there, lurking. It's several miles wide. It's solid stone and iron, and it's hurtling through space on a collision course with Earth. Sometime in the future it will enter the Earths atmosphere traveling 50,000 miles an hour. It will heat up to 5000 degrees as it cuts its way through the atmosphere and takes aim at ... More..
Sciences > Ecology & Environment Global warming: Cause and effect: 7 of 17
Early research on the "greenhouse effect" started in the late 19th century with work by Joseph Fourier. The further study and subsequent understanding and description of the process has enabled scientists to understand our current climactic warming trend, and hopefully, provide enough advance notice and warning to head off s... More..
Sciences > Physics Does the Large Hadron Collider have the potential to destroy Earth?: 6 of 12
After a few glitches are worked out, the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will be restarted and will accelerate two proton beams, moving in opposite directions, to velocities approaching the speed of light. At these speeds, mass and time are distorted and energy levels reach new extremes. When the time is just right, the... More..
Autos > Cars Cold air intake systems: Bolt on performance: 2 of 4
Automotive enthusiasts looking for a quick and inexpensive boost to horsepower and gas mileage as well as an improvement on the sewing machine sound quality of the modern production engine should consider the cold air intake right off the bat. For as little as $150.00 and an hours time the most inexperienced shade tree mecha... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy Does an academically competitive atmosphere enhance educational results: 1 of 1
Competition is so integral to the American experience, so indelibly etched in our collective psyche, that few of us can conceive of a situation where pitting one against the other will not improve the result. It is considered obvious to the point of requiring no proof that those falling short will redouble their efforts to a... More..
Sciences > Physics Antimatter: the basics: 3 of 5
Perhaps nothing in the entire lexicon of actual science invokes more vivid futuristic images than the term antimatter. After all, antimatter was the fuel of choice for all of Starfleet Command and the Starship Enterprise in particular. In the new novel "Angels and Demons" a bomb is created from antimatter stolen from CERN, a... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Did man cause global warming?: 3 of 5
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that 96.4 per cent of all climate scientists and 82 per cent of all scientists believe that anthropogenic carbon dioxide is causing global warming. For all practical purposes, every bit of new research data indicates that this is true, and that is happening faster and more dramat... More..