Physical Science

In the constellation Cetus, Tau Ceti is a star visible to the naked eye from both hemispheres. The star Tau Ceti has been exciting researchers lately. This star is believed by many to host planets with life-friendly conditions. In a world…
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Vapor (or vapour) and gases are often used synonymously. Informally there isn’t much difference between them with gas often being used as a term that encompasses vapours, and vapours being considered a particular type of gas. However, there is a…
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The difference between a “gas” and a “vapor,” as the terms are used in the physics discipline, is subtle yet simple.  The fundamental three states of matter “solid, liquid and gas” have been understood since antiquity, but  the factors and…
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Although people do not think about it often, the magnetosphere of the Earth is vital to life on earth because it helps to protect the surface of the earth from the solar wind of the sun.  There is even significant…
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Electromagnetic pulses, common referred to as EMPs, are highly concentrated bursts of electromagnetic radiation. There are two primary ways in which an electromagnetic pulse is created, either by a solar storm, which releases charged solar gas, or by nuclear detonation….
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Acoustics is the science that studies the production, transmission, control, reception and effects of mechanical waves and vibrations (sound). The science of acoustics is used in many fields of study, including earth sciences, life sciences, engineering and the arts.  Sound…
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One could say by finding the world’s largest body of water and placing a structure over it that joins the two sides of land, that then you’d have the longest bridge. Of course it is easy to say, but when…
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Firstly, although the words may be used interchangably by the average non-scientist person, there seems to be agreement in the scientific literature that gases and vapors are definitely not the same thing. For example, there is such a thing as a “gas-vapor phase…
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The scientific argument against astrology is strong, yet astrology thrives. Some people even believe that an argument against astrology is an argument against astronomy, conflating science and pseudoscience completely. Then too, horoscopes are usually flattering, exciting, and vague enough that…
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Step outside on a nice day and feel the sun’s warmth – that’s radiation; so’s the light. A body’s warmth is radiation. And radio waves. And television signals. And x-rays. And light from a glow worm’s tail. Radiation is energy…
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