Jade, that beautiful and coveted mineral that presents numerous colors from white and yellow to varied greens, is a stone used in China and Burma for centuries for carving daggers and knives, and in jewelry. Found in many parts of the world…
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“Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.” DICK CHENEY APRIL 2001 This statement is typical of the ignorance surrounding the energy crisis which is upon us….
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“The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up by devoting ourselves to the study of the actual state of the living world, and…
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Fuel For 0.90 cents per gallon. With oil and gas prices at a record high, scientists are scrambling to find ways of creating alternative fuels from renewable sources. In February 2000, a report stated that a study funded by the…
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Oil Shale deposits are all over the world. These deposits were formed during the prehistoric periods of the Triassic, Jurassic, Permian, Devonian, Pre Cambrian, Cretaceous, Early Carboniferous, and Ordovician periods, which means that these deposits are very, very old. This is different…
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Have you often looked at a lizard or turtle and wondered how they could possibly have babies? They aren’t very affectionate looking and they don’t seem to be very maternal, but like all animals reptiles do reproduce and have some…
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British scientist James Lovelock, the father of the living earth Gaia theory, has stated that nuclear power is the only way to have a large human population on planet earth without causing global warming and destroying the environment. Nuclear power…
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Iron pyrites is a metallic mineral made of iron and sulphur (FeS2). It is often found in mineral veins, and as pyrite nodules. It is a heavy stone with a yellowish sheen, or if exposed to oxygen pyrite may also…
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A new weapon is in place to combat the oily water in the Gulf of Mexico. An old oil tanker that is 10 stories high and more than 1,000 feet long, has been converted into an oil skimmer to remove…
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In a report on scientific findings to fellow scientists attending the annual meeting of American Geophysical Society held this year in San Francisco, Shimon Wdowinski and his colleague Igor Tsukanov presented a stunning new theory linking torrential rains to earthquakes….
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