19 Feb
We awoke at 4:00am this past morning, and decided to get up for a bit as there was no use in trying to sleep.
Looking out the kitchen window, the full moon was shining so brightly - its silverly light was reflecting off the snow and making it appear almost day.
The sky was clear - the [...]
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27 Jan
Old is becoming new again in the medical field.
And it involves using a totally natural product for healing - maggots.
The antibiotics that we have been using for the last 50 years or so are starting to become “immune” to many of the “super bacteria” that have developed from incorrect and over usage of them.
Enter the [...]
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03 Jan
While browsing through the National Geographic site, I came across their Best Space Pictures of 2010.
This image was taken in May and it shows an aurora over the southern Indian Ocean.
It was photographed from the International Space Station during a geomagnetic storm.
It is a rare sight as the auroras are usually located over the North [...]
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16 Dec
Have you ever seen these spikes in your ice cube tray in the freezer?
We had these spies forming last summer.
Never had them before or since.
They went on for about a month - each time we made them, there they were.
We figured it must have been the temperature or perhaps the pressure in the air that [...]
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11 Dec
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On the way into town yesterday we had the radio on the NPR station.
It was just in time for their Science Friday program.
They were having a segment on how to grow and create snowflakes from a plastic bottle and dry ice.
Since it is the radio, one can only imagine what they look like as they [...]
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