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Entries in science (10)

Saturday
Nov282009

A Mystery Of History Called The Christmas Star

The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star, in Christian tradition is a star that revealed the birth of Jesus to the three Wise Men (Magi).

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Wednesday
Jan072009

Life Jackets Are Not Polar Bear Gear This Year

Last May global warming alarmists were very concerned about the fate of the polar bear. Melting Arctic Sea ice due to man-made global warming was highlighted in stories in many newspaper and magazine publications as the prime reason that polar bears would become an extinct species.

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Saturday
Dec132008

Another Bid To Build A Flying Submarine

Submarines that can fly like airplanes have been promoted in science fiction entertainment for many years. As early as the 1960s, in the Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea movie and television series, a flying sub often used for exploration, was contained in the belly of a larger submarine called the Seaview.

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Friday
Nov212008

A Promising Future For An Invisible Man

The concept of a man becoming invisible was introduced by H.G. Wells over one hundred years ago. Through the years, science fiction has used the idea of a fantasy cloaking device to provide object invisibility often. In fact, it is a term that has become so common that it is found in the Star Trek Encyclopedia.

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Friday
Nov072008

Giving A Hand To A Real Bionic Man

In 1974, there was a futuristic television show called The Six Million Dollar Man. The popular show ran for four years and featured the adventures of astronaut, Steve Austin (Lee Majors). The show began with the astronaut near death but with science fiction and Hollywood creative thought readily available to provide an interesting story line.

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Tuesday
Oct212008

Buckypaper Could Change The World

Steel is one of the most common materials in the world. It is used in buildings, tools, bridges, automobiles, airplanes and appliances. Over the years, the strength of steel has been used by engineers to support structures, by architects for the design of different buildings, by the military for ships, tanks and planes and even by Hollywood in many movies that promote Superman as the "Man of Steel".

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Friday
Oct032008

The Large Hadron Collider Journeys Into The Unknown

Three hundred feet below the ground in a seventeen mile long circular tunnel on the border of France and Switzerland is the home of an eight billion dollar machine that took more than twenty years to build.

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Friday
Sep052008

The Last Mission To The Hubble Telescope

Updated on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 02:30PM by Registered CommenterJim Smith

The Hubble has given us pictures of merging galaxies, asteroids, new galaxies, the rings around Uranus, and other planets. It has given scientists insights into star formation and star death. The Hubble Deep Field has produced pictures of distant galaxies nearly ten billion years ago.

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Friday
Aug012008

Internet’s Inventor Tries To Discover The Perfect Soldier

The Russian satellite Sputnik was launched into space at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s. In America, the Sputnik satellite was met with complete national security fear.

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Friday
Jul182008

Amphibian Extinction May First Claim The Frog

Many of us grew up watching friendly Kermit the Frog on a television show called Sesame Street. Certainly, we can remember reading the fairy tale of the frog that turns into a handsome prince after receiving a kiss. However, in the Bible, frogs were certainly less endearing when they became a hideous plague that confronted Egypt.

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