Physical Science

When thinking of the effects of heat on aerosol cans and inflated tires, it is clear that pressure and temperature are somehow related. This relationship is fairly straightforward and is most well-known, in its simplest form, as Gay-Lussac’s Law. This…
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Energy Loss – Death and Decay Have you ever thought why water flows down hill? Why it is easy to destruct but difficult to construct? Why death happens? Why relationships fail? In nature while construction continues from one side, destruction…
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Space, as the wonderful Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy once said,  “…is big. Really big.” And this causes us problems when we want to describe distances. The vastness of space quickly confounds the units we use in everyday life. Talk…
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In the early days of aviation, the pioneers of flight struggled with one major problem – weight. Early engines had difficulty producing enough thrust to overcome the relatively heavy airframes. However, improved materials technology has lead in the last few decades…
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Nebulas (or nebulae) are some of the most exquisite phenomena in space. While the pictures Hubble beams down of them may seem like some sort of astronomical artwork, there’s a science behind them. Facts about Nebulas 1. Nebulas are a…
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Aircraft manufacturing technology has come a long way from the days when engineers used wood and steel to construct aircraft.  In the early 1920s aluminium replaced wood and steel, which also improved aircraft design.  With advancement in technology in the…
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In the not too distant future, people will be living and working on the red planet Mars! It’s not going to happen tomorrow, but people should be allowed to live on Mars. One way or another, it will happen. Just six…
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A technological singularity is a technical innovation that just sucks everything in. We have the Stone Age, when all the tools were made with stone. Then there is the Bronze Age when there was a big push to make things…
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Is there a viable alternative to tectonics? Yes! I.) INTRODUCTION Three themes of discussion run jointly through this article: a.) The fallacy of the tenets of the current earth sciences (i.e., plate tectonics); b.) Nature’s laws (physics) as the basis…
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An atom consists of protons which hold a positive charge and electrons which hold a negative charge.  If an electron is removed from an atom or molecule (a collection of atoms bound together), the resulting ion would hold a positive…
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