Tag: science

Where Does Your Milk Come From?

Do you know exactly where your milk comes from besides the farm. Well you would be surprised with the wealth of information that can be found on your milk carton and various other by-products made from milk. With a simple two sets of numbers you will find the origin of the milk found in your […]

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The Power of Numbers

The power of numbers has a significance in our daily lives. From the day you are born to the numbers you are assigned, they can either play havoc or bless your life. John Baez examines the concept of number and their “personalities” on humanity and science. Languages might be different but numbers are the common […]

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The End of Civilization

http://fora.tv/embedded_player I keep thinking of REM’s song “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” Learning from our past and gathering the right information will spell our survival. Is the Internet the savior of our present day civilization? Some would tell you it’s quite the opposite. David Eagleman’s “Six […]

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Learn your A-B-Sea by James Mattison

You don’t have to be Jacques-Yves Cousteau or Captain Nemo to know your ABC’s or live under the sea. If you are James Mattison, knowing your A-B-Sea you will not be like a fish out of the sea, because you will know your fish. A personal project James created a chart for his daughter as […]

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Rotifers Just Add Water

The world of rotifers makes you wonder about the origins of life on this world and others. The possibility of finding life in the true definition has just changed the way we perceive it. Could this be the building blocks of the universe germinating life like a sower sprinkles seeds throughout the cosmos? Dr. Alan […]

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Augmented (hyper)Reality: The Future of Mankind

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8569187&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1 Will mankind and machine merge together? Are we at the threshold of mankind’s greatest leap into cerebral commercialism and slave to big industry? The future looks promising but Matrix like haunting and freedom-less of human contact. Hyper-reality is a thing of sci-fi but not an impossibility. The latter half of the 20th century saw […]

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Hobbit Houses

Want to live like hobbits as in the Lord of the Rings? Well you are not alone. These rather green homes are the envy of low costing and low impact on the environment and are sprouting like mushrooms. Many of us are not ready to be bush dwellers and those adventurous enough are not willing […]

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Planet Posters by Ross Berens

Ross Berens has compiled the greatest collection of planet posters that would grace any wall with envy. The richly designed poster group of planets titled “Under the Milky Way” is a wonderful gift for any space enthusiast of the celestial sciences. Not to worry Pluto the discarded downgraded planet is among the sun satellites showcased. […]

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The Vampire Squid

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/flash/syndicatedVideoPlayer.swf?vid=squid-vampire-threatened-vin The vampire squid is an unusual aquatic creature that inhabits the waters and turns itself “inside out” to avoid predators when threatened. The deep sea cephalopod Vampyroteuthis infernalis meaning “vampire squid from hell” has large eyes to accommodate the dimness of little light where it lives. The alien looking squid is a rare sight […]

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Danger to Public Health New York City

In the later part of the 19th century till the advent of the automobile there were close to 200 000 horses working in New York city. We complain about global warming today, imagine the build up of manure that 200 000 horses can produce in that amount of time. Where do you store all that […]

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The Cargoshell, the Future of Transportation

The Cargoshell is an ingenious new way to transport products and is easily collapsible for future storage. You will no longer need empty towering shipping containers stacked like Legos in shipyards. The shipping containers has not changed in 50 years. The newly proposed Cargoshell will save millions and space at the same time. Tony M.If […]

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