To say it will be impossible for robots to take over the world in the future is like saying it is impossible to fly to Mars and back. Until it happens, it is considered impossible. There are many ways robots…
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Well known among conspiracy theorists, a notorious radio program called Coast to Coast AM drifts through the airwaves in the middle of the night. The host, Art Bell, used to discuss topics ranging from aliens to government coverups to bizarre…
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Say “sectional” to a pilot and the first thought isn’t a piece of furniture. Instead, they will immediately think of the sectional aeronautical chart used in aviation. One special group of shaded lines and circles on the sectional is especially…
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Madame Marie Curie was one of the biggest women pioneers of Science. Madame Curie was born in 1868 as Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, Poland, the fifth child of teachers. Marie stayed in Poland until she was 24, at which time…
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The black box in the airplane is a recording device that constantly monitors everything that goes on in the cockpit of an airplane: communications, wind speed and even if the pilot passes gas! The tape is for 30 minutes and…
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The principle paradigm of natural sciences is creating models that can be verified by doing the experiment properly prepared. Miracles are phenomena or events , individual, unique, inexplicable. They are therefore in opposition to the foundations of science. And therefore,…
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The combination of instruments, singing, and dancing, was an important part of the Ancient Greek society. Almost every tradition, ceremony, religious practice, feast, and celebration involved music. However, philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle realized just how powerful music was…
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[Author’s note: Numerous hypertext links are scattered throughout this article; for maximum enjoyment I suggest you click them as you see them.] Some Background: Terminology and Definitions The acronym “UFO” is very misleading. “Unidentified Flying Object” is too general a…
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Pope Gregory XIII decreed a change to the Gregorian calendar on February 24, 1582. It was not an innovation, but an upgrade of the Julian calendar. Its purpose was to return the Catholic Easter to the date when it the…
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Aircraft propellers can be analogized as the soul of an aircraft, as without it an aircraft will just be another piece of metal. Simply put, an aircraft needs a propeller to fly. A propeller is really a type of fan…
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