There is no absolute truth in science. There are, however, certain features of science that give it a distinctive character as a mode of inquiry. Even if the evidence supports a theory today, later on, new evidence may show that…
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Throughout American history, teenage inventors have challenged the notion that only adults can have good ideas. -Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the light bulb and the phonograph, worked for Western Union Telegraph Company when he was a teen. Edison filled…
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The last few decades have given us some inventions that have changed our lives significantly. Things that seemed a novelty at first have become so ingrained in the habits of everyday life that we can’t imagine how we ever lived…
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Peers, Beers, Fears, or Ghastly Grays? Most of us have seen the old movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In this movie, the title alludes to the third type of “alien” encounter on the Hynek scale. Extraterrestrials, or ET,…
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When it comes to the subject of UFOs there is so much hype, exaggeration, and sensationalism associated with it that the serious scientists and researchers who study this phenomena are ashamed to admit their involvement. Most of them confess that…
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How do you “save” daylight? Credit the same government that counts “saved” jobs with “saving” time too, except it in reality does neither of those things. The dreaded time changes for Daylight Savings Time occur twice a year: once in…
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Have you ever looked into the night sky and considered the possibility that an intelligent being somewhere in the far reaches of space could be gazing into a different part of the cosmos pondering the very same thing? Man is…
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Humans and Their Love/Hate Relationship with Science and Knowledge Have you noticed lately that science and intelligent thinking have become items of contention with a certain crowd, to the point where some even refer to them as religions. A religion…
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Inventions in energy and mechanics have certainly been the driving force of the world. For centuries, mankind has worked to provide the means to provide machinery that would aid in everyday life, and the energy to power them. 1. Probably…
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Dean Kamen is best known as the inventor of the Segway, the electric, two-wheeled self-balancing vehicle. Numerous cities offers guided and self-guided Segway tours, and couriers use them in their daily activities. The vehicle has also become a part of…
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