Physical Science

Solstices, believe it or not, are integral parts of our lives. Just recently when I was considering this topic it occurred to me that most people do not realise how important these times of year are to us and moreover…
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Nitrogen is a gas that mkaes up 78 percent of our air by its volume, the atmosphese of mars is only 2.6 percent of the element nitrogen is a vital part to all living things and is in all biological…
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The discovery of Newton’s laws of motion was a dramatic moment in the history of science. In narrow sense, it was simply a specific paradigm shift in modern science. This shift was initiated by Copernicus, established by Galileo and Kepler,…
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The chemical element platinum is a heavy, malleable, ductile, precious transition metal. Platinum has the atomic symbol Pt and boasts an atomic number of 78 and is in group ten of the Periodic Table of Elements. The grayish-white transition metal…
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For more than 100 years astronomers, cosmologists and philosophers have debated many topics affecting existence and the mysteries if the universe. Two of those debates have centered around time travel and whether life—especially intelligent life other than our own—exists in…
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The introduction of Backscatter X-ray Machines has certainly caused a load of controversy world-wide. These were specifically designed with airport security in mind. Unfortunately in this day and age with terrorist attacks at the forefront of international security focus, many…
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“Colonel Sandurz: ‘Now’, sir. You’re looking at ‘now’. Everything happening now is happening ‘now’.“Dark Helmet: What happened to ‘then’?“Colonel Sandurz: We passed ‘then’.“Dark Helmet: When!?“Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We’re at ‘now’, now. …“Dark Helmet: When will ‘then’ be ‘now’?“Colonel Sandurz:…
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The science of quantum theory is a socially constructed account of the universe, and just one of many possible accounts. In fact, all knowledge of the universe is socially constructed and complimentary, allowing physicists to connect observations in the everyday…
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Could the universe have a boundary?  This question is indeed a puzzling one.  Astronomers have already discovered evidence that the universe was, at one point in time, compacted into a very small space.  This suggests that the universe had a…
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Time Travel or the Rip Van Winkle Complex Where did the idea of time travel originate from? What were some of the earliest time travel tales ever told? What are the consequences of traveling into the far future? With new…
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