My grandfather was a college physics professor who devoted his life to lightning research. I grew up in a household where electrical theory was a common dinner table conversation, but the most memorable teacher on the subject of lightning was…
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Most of the time, the Weather Channel, TWC, is enjoyable to watch. It has pleasantly low-key reporters, and the “Local on the 8’s” feature is useful to everyone who needs a quick update. Broadcast every ten minutes starting at eight…
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Ike, Katrina, Andrew – these are all names of hurricanes which strike the fear of God into the hearts of anyone who has lived through the incredible impact a strom of this intensity can bring and the havoc they wreak….
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What causes humidity? The amount of water vapor in the air constitutes the level of humidity. Humans use sweating in order to reduce body heat when it’s hot, but when there are high levels of humidity our bodies are prevented…
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Most people are aware that for many, wintertime means severe depression. For a long time, people had no real idea why this happens. There were clues, though. The depression is greater for people living a greater distance away from the…
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Why are Greenland’s glaciers melting? The simple answer is because the Earth is getting warmer. Why is the Earth Getting warmer? That is a subject of much controversy and debate! Ironically enough, the glaciers in the Arctic Region have been…
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The survival of each species of animal on this earth depends on its ability to adapt to its environment to obtain food, to protect itself from predators and to reproduce. Therefore, any inherited characteristic that increases the efficiency of one…
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Names have an incredible power to evoke memories of people, places, and events. Often we make these connections through people we know or places we have been but sometimes names can carry even deeper meaning. Names like Ike, Katrina, Hugo…
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Oxygen is actually a poison. It causes runaway chemical reactions that animals try to guard against with anti-oxidant processes. It promotes rust which is a sort of slow burning, and chemical explosions which are a super-fast burn. On the other…
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While it is difficult to imagine life without electricity, often it is forgotten that there are other sources of energy besides just electrical. These alternatives to electrical energy have long existed before the advent of electricity and are still used…
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