Leonid Meteor Shower Begins Tonight (Nov. 17)

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Short article about the 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower beginning tonight.


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Is It a Spider? is It an Octopus? No, It’s an Echinoderm!!?

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A what??! I have to admit that I had no idea what an echinoderm was before I discovered a weird and wonderful news item in one of the daily rags the other day! But this echinoderm is unlike any of its friends or relations! Read on …


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New Theory: Time is Slowing Down

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Is time slowing down?


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Can You Stop Hurricanes with Windows and Gates?

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Bill gates has released a patent for a new method of attempting to stop hurricanes. It would basically involve trying to cool the waters in front of the hurricane, in order to weaken it. This should limit the hurricane and potentially save lives. A great idea. Although, one wonders how practical it is to cool the sea down at the correct point. It’s kind of like my idea to dig up the ground around the Faults, and install really big wheels. In theory this would help the plates move more easily with one another, and thus reduce the Earth Quake cost. However, in practical terms, this is a little challenging. Might I also point out my plans to solve global warming using a giant air conditioning system. Or perhaps my plan to save the white Rhino by sticking horns on elephants and hoping that no one notice.


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The Polar Bear: Not Long for This World

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How long does the noble Polar Bear have left?


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Wild Mustangs

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The majestic beauty of the wild mustangs.


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Precious Wildernesses: The Last of the Virgin Earth

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Marvel at the beauty of nature’s remaining uncorrupted treasures. What can you do to preserve them?


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Glow in the Dark Rabbit: Science Fact or Fiction?

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Ever wonder if nature and science could combine to make new and improved psychedelic creatures? Me neither, but a team of French geneticists have been trying some theories with a unique success. They have created a Glow in the Dark Rabbit.


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Things That Amaze Me: Beautiful Colors in Nature

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If we look once more as the evening sun sinks into the horizon we will be treated to the infinite variety of colors of a sunset. No two sunsets are the same. The colors can vary from predominately golden to a drab grey. It depends on atmospheric conditions present at the time..


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What Factors Threaten Our Wild Life? How Can These Threats be Overcome?

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28 April 2009..The last hundred years or so saw the demise of the dodo, the passenger pigeon and other species. Today more and more species are threatened with extinction. If the threats persist, we will surely lose them forever…


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