We have learned from our early school time that the Earth has two motions: revolution around the Sun that takes 365 days 5 hours and 48 minutes (tropical year) and the Earth’s rotation around its own axis that takes 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds (sidereal day), 24 hours (solar day). However, Earth has [...]
It has been a popular movie theme in the sixties and seventies and a major subject of research for scientists over the past years. What is eventually the truth behind the Bermuda Triangle story? The Bermuda Triangle, also known as Devil's Triangle, is an area in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where [...]
I am sure we have all wondered why languages are different from region to region. The spoken word, although complex and diverse, is enticing. We all muse about why we do not communicate in a universal form. Well, the obvious reasons pertain to culture in different regions of the world. This is a well-known observation. [...]
In another article, we discussed the possibility that Earth is a prison planet with the Moon as its guardian. Suddenly, Dr. Ellis Silver stipulates a theory that corroborates the prison part of that article. Furthermore, Dr. Silver’s theory comes to give credit to older theories maintaining that the human being is not natural on this planet. [...]
The recent discovery of a great number of potentially habitable exoplanets raises the Fermi paradox again: why haven’t we still come into contact with aliens? Climatologists might have finally given a plausible answer. The great physicist of the 20th century Enrico Fermi, when asked about the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, answered with [...]
New Scientist magazine published a series of articles about the 10 major events that are likely to happen in the field of science and technology in the coming year. Space is getting closer In 2014, two spacecraft that will help people finally reach Mars will be tested. In September, NASA will launch spacecraft Orion, designed [...]
It all depends on the conditions which exist on a potentially habitable planet. On planets covered with vast oceans life can exist in the form of water creatures resembling inhabitants of our marine environments. In a world with strong gravity and dense atmosphere large, strong and most likely aggressive (due to the harsh conditions of [...]
As a result of the serious global climate changes, the conditions of life on Earth will become much poorer in the coming decades. American journalists gained access to the draft of the annual report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which reported that: In the XXI century, adverse changes in climate associated with [...]
