Physical Science

You might commence a search for Aires by examining the astrological column of your newspaper. Here, you should find Aires listed first among the twelve signs of the Zodiac. In astrology, Aires represents supposed characteristics of people born between March…
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Blue Moon Legends And Myths There are legends about the Moon in every culture, but one legend in particular is very mysterious. For example, have you ever wondered what a ‘Blue Moon’ Is? Blue Moon legends abound, and have been…
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“One step for man.” And the first man to take that step , from the Apollo ladder onto the dusty surface of the moon was the one and only Neil Armstrong, his name recognisable throughout the world. Born in Ohio…
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Many civilizations have venerated the Sun since ancient times. Myths slowly evolved to explain the presence of the powerful entity that appeared to control the cycles of night and day, the seasons and the weather. Each legend offers its own…
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Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) Born to a Prussian baron in Wirsitz, Germany in 1912, von Braun developed a love for rocketry at an early age. As a child he read the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. But it…
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An “Invisible Man” in the Ralph Ellison sense-a social non-entity-can see, as we learn in his novel, all too clearly. An Invisible Man in the H.G. Wells sense of somebody who is “see-through” cannot, for two reasons. The first and…
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What is nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is the science and the engineering achieving the manipulation of matters from atoms and molecules unit level. The physical dimension of nanotechnology is expressed in nanometer. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter. An…
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Some red tides, foxfire, and fireflies are examples of remarkable biological chemical reactions. Bioluminescence is light produced within a living organism, usually by the chemical reaction of luciferin with luciferase. Named for Lucifer, the light-bearer, the compounds produce an eerie…
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) operates using the physical properties of the hydrogen nucleus to create an image of internal body parts without damaging radiation. Previously called Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging the naming convention was changed to reduce fears about nuclear…
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RUBBER BANDS AND STRINGS WHAT HAPPENED TO PHYSICS? In the early 1900’s, after Albert Einstein finalized his relativity theories, he thought that he could find proof that unified all four physical phenomena. These four forces are: electromagnetism, gravity, the strong…
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