The Magic of Combined Anaerobic Digestion with Composting of Municipal Solid Waste

In many countries there is a pressing need for a reduction in landfilling. New waste technologies are being introduced to achieve this. In this article the author sets out the reasons he thinks that the combination of Anaerobic Digestion and Composting is a method of waste treatment and disposal which should be given serious thought.

New York City Blizzard of 2006

This article summarizes the record-setting Blizzard of 2006 that buried New York City and much of the tri-state region in February 2006. It discusses this historic storm from start to finish.

Building an Artificial Intelligent Unmanned Unicycle

Is it possible to build an unmanned artificial intelligence unicycle? We know it is hard for the human being without practice to ride a unicycle, because it takes balance and coordination.

The Kyoto Accord and What It Means

In December 1997, over 160 nations met at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan, to develop an international treaty to deal with the growing body of evidence that global warming was a reality and the world had to do something about it. Article: At the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change were given the task of coming up with an agreement that would halt the increasing flow of manmade greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Five years later, the parties had come together in Kyoto to try to work out an agreement. It wasn't an easy task.

Mercury- Messenger of the Gods (Planetary Series)

In our tour of the solar system, we should begin by exploring the innermost planet. A short distance from the inferno of our sun we find it, hurtling through space at 40 to 60 kilometers per second in its 88 day cycle around the sun.

The End of Pompeii and Herculaneum (August 24-25, A.D. 79) Part 3 of 3

This three-part series captures the final moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum, two Italian towns that were destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius' devastating eruption. It brings the reader back in time, chronologically piecing together the horrific events using many of the words and observations from the people of that time who were in the best position to know.

Stargazing With Someone Else's Telescope!

Do some remote stargazing by using telescopes based at a professional observatory in the Canary Islands. Watch along with people from over 60 countries or select the objects you'd like to point the telescopes to yourself. Now you can look deep into the night sky without needing your own telescope!

The Moon is Getting Away; We Need to Reel It Back in

Some scientists have noticed that the moon is slowly moving away from us? Perhaps it does this in cycles we have not been measuring it enough to know? Nevertheless if it gets too far away this could be very bad for our planet and means that the tides and weather would change?

Academic Corruption of Research

Academically speaking it is rather obvious that the integrity of our research and development facilities, academic institutions and University research departments be maintained at all costs. Yet we are seeing a paradigm shift in that it is amazing the lack of oversight in the research, which is produced. There are many reasons for this of course.

Does Our DNA Have Memory?

It is widely accepted that characteristics which an organism acquires during one's life are not imprinted on the genetic material (DNA) and therefore are not transferred to the next generation. It might sound ridiculous but is there a chance that the above statement is not 100% true?

Days of Darkness (AD 535-AD 546)

We take the sun for granted. It is expected that the sun will rise, but what would happen if it didn't rise for a prolonged period of time. Such a moment existed starting in 535 AD.

Accelerating Active Academic Research

All too often important scientific work is shut down due to lack of funding and often that information is not made available to the scientific community because it is not fully proven yet and those working on the project want to hold onto the discoveries up to that point until future funds can be secured.

Mechanical Clocks

Mechanical Clocks - a transitional step between Ancient Clocks and Atomic Clocks

DOE and Advanced Energy Initiatives

Most Americans do not realize that the Department of Energy has been working on the advanced energy initiatives to help our nation through its energy crisis. The goal is simple to keep up with the increasing demands in the United States of America

Energy Conservation

Article is a pretty accurate picture of the ways in which our world society is trying to find solutions to our ever decreasing fossil fuel sources.