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Blessing of Sheba - The Obelisk Returns

This week the people of Ethiopia had reason to celebrate as one of their culture’s most significant monuments was finally restored. The Axum Obelisk, a 1700 year old remnant of the Kingdom of Axum (and ancient Ethiopian civilization), was restored to its traditional resting place. The obelisk was stolen and taken to Italy in the [...]

5Sep2008 | Phil | 2 comments | Continued
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A Giant Fish Story - The Megafishes Project

Just when you thought it was safe to go swimming in the local lake - megafishes appear from the murky depths. Some of the largest fish in the world are not inhabitants of ocean depths, but instead reside in freshwater rivers and lakes around the world. From the nearly extinct paddlefish of the Yangtze River [...]

29Jul2008 | Phil | 0 comments | Continued
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The Music Of Sceintific Endeavor - NASA’s GLAST Telescope

The void between art and science may have just been breached! NASA asked Dr. Nolan Gasser to do nothing short of capture the universe in music recently. The musicologist and composer has been tasked with writing the theme song for NASA’s “GLAST” (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) project.
GLAST is designed to investigate perhaps them most [...]

25Jul2008 | Phil | 0 comments | Continued
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Beetles 148 Million Years Ago - You Thought We Have Bugs!

For years paleontologists have been puzzled by dinosaur bone specimens that are incomplete for no apparent reason. From sets of teeth without jawbones to pitted and grove bone sections, scientists have until now only theorized the reason for these missing pieces of the fossil record. A recent Brigham Young University study may have revealed the [...]

18Jul2008 | Phil | 0 comments | Continued
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The Heart Of Europe - Roma Secunda

There are many places in this world so deeply rooted in history and culture, but ironically the average traveler may seldom take note of this in these fast times. This one little town in Germany we know of traces its history back to 2000 B.C. when the Assyrians established a colony there on the Moselle [...]

16Jun2008 | Phil | 2 comments | Continued
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When Half A Galaxy Disappears

Ok, so half the Milky Way did not disappear. However, new science from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that the galaxy has only two major arms versus four as previously thought. Scientists are now rethinking the structure of the entire Galaxy as new data comes in. Observations from radio observations of the galaxy since the [...]

4Jun2008 | Phil | 3 comments | Continued
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Life Elsewhere - Can Math Prove or Disprove It?

We love science! There seems to be a never ending stream of discover from the science world and we love covering it, even if we do not agree on the findings. Recently, a team of scientists at the University of East Anglia (don’t ask me) calculated via a new math model – that the probability [...]

20Apr2008 | Phil | 2 comments | Continued
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Death Of A Star Viewed From Hubble

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories are witnessing so many wonderful phenomena via the Hubble telescope. The latest amazing images come from planetary nebula NGC 2371, a planetary nebula which is the remains of a sun-like star. The center of the nebula, remnants of a red giant, glows super hot at over 240,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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10Mar2008 | Phil | 0 comments | Continued
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Calypso To Sail Again!

The Calypso, mother ship to the voyages of Jacque-Yves Cousteau , is being refitted to carry the Cousteau Society flag once again. The sturdy wooden minesweeper was the victim of a terrible accident in Singapore in 1997 which led to the valiant ship’s sinking there. Under the supervision of the President if the [...]

27Feb2008 | Phil | 1 comment | Continued
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World Premier - The Electron In Motion

Photographing electrons has proven to be an elusive goal for scientists until now. Scientists at Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden have found a way to capture an electron’s motion for the first time. Electrons move at such a high rate of speed that filming has proven difficult if not impossible, at least in [...]

26Feb2008 | Phil | 0 comments | Continued
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