Science

Ruins of Herculaneum – Better Preserved Than Those in Pompeii

Herculaneum which neighbors Pompeii was destroyed in the same volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. So, there are in a lot of ways it is the better archaeological site. It...

Tasmanian Thornbill: A Gem of Temperate Rainforests

Habitat: The Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii) is found in temperate rainforests and wet sclerophyll shrubberies in Tasmania and...

Albino Redwood – An Intriguing And Fascinating Species

The albino redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) is a rare and unique form of the coast redwood tree. Due...

Polaskia: A Tree-Like Cacti

Polaskia is named after Charles Polaski, an amateur American. In 1905, Robert Roland-Gosselin described two large cacti that...

The Natural Smoking Hills of Canada

The smoking Hills of Canada are one of the most wonderful natural events on planet Earth. In the...

Liquefaction and Levees

Liquefaction and Levees - Potential Double Disaster in the United States Midwest. Liquefaction is a process during which sudden shaking of certain types of...

Icecaps and Glaciers – Fascinating Natural Phenomena

Icecaps and Glaciers are fascinating natural phenomena. They are also critical for life on Earth. That’s why it’s important to learn more about them....

The Electrocardiograph 1902

The Electrocardiograph 1902 Ever since Luigi Galvani’s pioneering studies in the late 1700s century. Scientists knew that muscle contraction generated weak electrical impulses. The Scottish...

What is a Star Made of? How Do They Shine?

What is a Star Made of? How do They shine? Every bright star is a sun, like our own sun. This means that stars...

Who Invented the Helicopter?

Who Invented the Helicopter - The long-time dream of humans to the flying machine that would rise straight up in an old one! It...

Atlantic Seaboard Fall line in Eastern United States

The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line or ”Fall Zone”, is a 1,400 kilometers escarpment where the “Piedmont” and “Atlantic coastal” plain meet in the eastern...

Wanderers – A Short Film By Erik Wernquist

Making this film has been a work of passion, and it is such an invaluable reward to see that it is received with the...

Earth’s Mysterious Humming Sound

For the first time, it has been reported that the Earth makes a strange humming sound on the ocean floor, which has been reported...

Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Polyethylene Balls

Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Polyethylene Balls - The Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles noticed high levels of bromated in 2007,...

Water – Vital Source to Increase the Life on Earth & Other Planets

Everyone knows the importance of water on planet earth; no one can survive without water. So water was a vital source to increasing life...