the accurate prediction of the end of times

In the final fatal battle with the wolf the vikings predicted the death of their gods. And therein lies the clue to interpreting the prophesies of the end of the world ~ Odin,… Read More →

pale blue dot, by Carl Sagan (happy valentines day from the universe)

In December, 1968, Apollo 8 was the first manned spaceship to orbit the moon but the photographs taken by  Astronaut William A. Anders are more famous than the flight itself. It was the… Read More →

The war on drugs – part III – the DEA and medical marijuana

“Medical marijuana already exists. It’s called Marinol.” – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA website) “FDA has not approved marijuana for medical use in the United States. …. On May 31, 1985, FDA approved… Read More →

War on drugs – part II – how deadly is drug use in America?

“If we were to regulate (legalize) marijuana, we would have to concede that it’s acceptable for society to profit from a person’s addiction. There were approximately 38,000 overdose deaths for illicit drugs and… Read More →

A look back at Galileo, Jupiter, and imagination

32 years ago this month an interesting article appeared in Star and Sky magazine called The Europa Enigma, by Richard Hoagland. It was written a few short months after Voyager I took photographs… Read More →

Are there footprints on the moon? she asked. Her questions were as big as her imagination

some say it was a hoax others say we have the rocks are there footprints in the dust where spacemen went for walks? “I don’t think many people remember what life was like… Read More →

does Canada have a cure for cancer?

Thirty one years ago Terry Fox tried to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research and he died trying. He died of cancer.  All across Canada each year in September we… Read More →

the weird (and wonderful?) war to prevent the world from changing

First a fact or two. How long has the universe been changing? 14 billion years How long has evolution been evolving? 3 ½ billion years How many mass extinctions has earth had?  5… Read More →

RFID chips ~ loss of freedom and a chance of cancer

Let’s say a crime was committed at 103 Main street and a computer knew which outlaw was there at that moment in time. The computer also knows where that person is right now,… Read More →

Lake Vostok: warm water at the south pole

You might expect a Russian Ice station to be on the North pole, but they built it at the South Pole. And they built over a lake full of water. One of the… Read More →

kayak the Congo river

A few years ago a museum curator took a team of researchers on a fact finding expedition to Africa. When they got there they kayaked the Congo. Was Indiana Jones the curator? Melanie… Read More →

global warming – part I – a logical look at climate change

In this post we’ll look at the history of the temperature on Earth over 4 billion years. And the patterns of global warming and global cooling to see if we cause climate change… Read More →

global warming – part II – a history of crises, change, and natural cycles on Earth

Many people wonder how much damage we’re causing on earth and this leads to doubts that our actions, inventions and activities  fit into the natural cycles of the world. In this post we’ll… Read More →

global warming – part III – the carbon cycle

The first thing to understand about carbon dioxide is that it isn’t pollution. It’s plant food. Plants eat carbon dioxide and poo oxygen. Carbon dioxide is an essential ingredient in our atmosphere.  The issue… Read More →

S T A R S PART I ( of IV ) The SOURCE of ANCIENT WISDOM

SPACE, TIME, ASTROLOGY, RELIGION, and SCIENCE    In the golden age before writing, when all things were memorized, brilliant minds were at work on the numbers we use today to tell time. The mathematical… Read More →

S T A R S part II ( of IV ) religion and the sacred numbers of time

SPACE, TIME, ASTROLOGY, RELIGION, and SCIENCE What do the Vikings, Christians, Hindus, Chinese, and ancient Babylonians have in common? The numbers we use to tell time, 12 and 60, are rooted in some… Read More →

S T A R S part III ( of IV ) science and the message from your ancestors

  SPACE,  TIME, ASTROLOGY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE Thousands of years before the invention of telescopes and technology our ancestors discovered the precise motions of earth in relation to the sun and stars. The… Read More →

S T A R S part IV (of IV) where you are

 SPACE, TIME, ASTROLOGY, RELIGION, and SCIENCE   Where you are in life is directly related to where “we” are in life. If you lived in ancient Egypt for example your beliefs and opinions would… Read More →

99 red balloons and a world without helium

  Like many other fossil fuels the world is being depleted of helium. If helium goes up and never comes down where does it come from? The U.S. Federal Helium Reserve  of course. Helium… Read More →

Rubik’s cubed and squared

Recently there have been sightings of people doing Rubik’s cube on public transit. The little cube from the eighties, which is making a comeback, has 43 quintillion possible starting positions. That’s 43 followed… Read More →