Physical Science

Modern physicists have achieved the dream of the alchemists: transmutation. However, they do not bother with changing lead into gold. The energy costs would be too high and such an enterprise would not add to humanity’s store of knowledge. They…
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College Science Fairs are not common, but should basically be an extension of High School Science Fairs. They obviously need to be much more detailed and specific, highlighting new ideas and concepts in the various fields of science. What are…
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The Russians are serious about the moon and think the U.S. should be too. Their incentive can be summed up with one word: China. Quite simply, China wants to own the moon. The Russian Federation and its space agency Roscosmos…
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Newton’s three laws of motion are: the law of inertia, the relationship of acceleration and force and inertia, and the law of action and reaction. The law of inertia states that every body continues in its state of rest, or…
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There shouldn’t be any questions about the moon landing’s authenticity. When the “Eagle” landed on the surface of the moon on July, 1969, the world was watching. While being one of the most significant moments in history (some will call…
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There is a new view of a very old Nebula, thanks to the Hubble Telescope. A nebula is formed when a star that is like our own sun dies and glowing gas forms around the orb.  The sun at the…
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Is there a correct interpretation of quantum mechanics? The short answer is ‘No’. Perhaps a better answer is ‘Not Yet’, but actually it is not clear at this point that there can be a single ‘correct’ interpretation of quantum mechanics. …
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The Lyrids Meteor Shower occurs from April 16 to April 26 every year. Meteors are also called “shooting stars”. The source is the comet C1861 Thatcher. A.E. Thatcher of New York on April 15, 1861. Carl Wilhelm Baeker also found…
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The date 12 April 1961 the event First man to travel in space the man Yuri Alexeivich Gagarin (1934 1968), a Russian cosmonaut. Beating the American space programme was one of the main targets of the Russian space industry, a…
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The planet Mars has the climate best suited for life than any of the other nine planets of the solar system. It is thought that the climate on Mars has cooled recently. Channels have been found on Mars that give…
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