Physical Science

A vector is a mathematical object that can be used to represent a physical or mathematical property. By object, I mean a construct that contains two or more components. A vector always has a magnitude and a direction. Vectors are…
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Parallel universes; the very words sound like the products of an overactive science fiction writer’s mind. Yet once again, it seems that nature holds no qualms about surprising us; Parallel universes are now a viable theory that may help us…
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Outside of the United States, the metric system is theoretically the standard system of measurements for all countries; however, nations have often informally retained a few traditional measurements. For example, Canadians still work in pounds rather than kilograms; and, in…
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Physicists have been working on finding a way to time travel for years. As far as we know without success. But will we ever break the time barrier or will it always be something we strive to do? The English…
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Sir Isaac Newton was one of those renaissance men who made contributions in a number of fields.  What separates him from the rest of the scholars of history is that so much of his teaching has endured with minimum change….
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Heat is the most commonly found form of energy found also called thermal energy. There are three ways in which heat travels, these are convection, conduction and radiation.  Heat generally transfers itself in the most efficient manner possible.  Heat always…
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Solar Power: Source of Endless Energy With Global Warming on many people’s minds, do we have any ideas of the best way to lessen the impact on our future, or maybe a possible relief of its possible ravages or even…
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Would aliens look like us? By “us” we mean humans on the planet Earth. By “aliens” we mean life forms from another planet. While statistics vary, many, many people believe that there is life in the cosmos. We are not…
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What is one and one half football fields in diameter and is hurtling in from the outer void to smash the world to bits on the 15th of February, 2013? Nothing that is currently known about, but on that particular…
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The sun produces a continual stream of radiation which flows outward in all directions, some of it hitting the earth. This is a good thing because without the solar radiation, Earth would be a frozen ball of ice or a…
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