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Supernova and Electron Clouds

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics | No Comments »

So yesterday I get invited to participate on a talk show called “The 2nd Question” as one of the panelists (that is me as Phelan Corrimal 2nd from the right). And the show starts off with their standard question — if you where an element what element would you be. Now – if you watched the video [...]

Origins of Life

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Astronomy, Biology | No Comments »

So here I am, watching a copy of The Blue Planet: Sea of Life, and I’m on disk 3 with the program on the seasonal seas. After having gone through the first 2 DVDs I’m starting to wonder whether life is contingent on circulatory systems. Here is where I’m going with this. The earth’s tilt [...]

Dino Disaster, Volcanoes, and Mars

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Astronomy, Geology | No Comments »

The lastest news out of NASA is the revelation of a massive impact crater on Mars which possibly accounts for the differences in geological appearance between the northern and southern hemispheres. One suggestion is that such a collision occurred roughly 3.9 Billion years ago. However even a cursory glace at our own world shows all kinds [...]