How Do Insects Really Fly

For centuries many scientists and thinkers have tried to figure out how insects fly. They are quite maneuverable and many do quite well considering the controls on an aircraft. Recently in the study of swarms the question has been raised; when a whole bunch of insects get together in a swarm

The Straight Scoop on Uranium

Where did the name uranium come from? Most believe it was named after the 7th planet from the Sun. But Sir William Herschel called it something else upon his discovery. Get the straight scoop.

Silk - A Hard Job For Everyone

A lot of effort on the part of the silkworm goes into making a very small amount of silk. We examine what it takes to create just 1 kg of raw silk. The stats may astound you.

All for One, One for All: Fireants

Fireants are descended from wasps, which accounts for their aggressive behavior. Each ant colony is a unit, as a whole and most of their workers are females.

How to Stop the Sixth Extinction

Extinction periods occurred 65, 210, 245, 370, and 480 million years ago. They occur every 35 to 145 million years. Let’s see; isn’t that another extinction period coming up. Dr. Niles Eldredgem thinks so and he tells us why.

Genetic Memory - True or False?

A look at the theory of genetic memory. Are we really capable of inheriting memory genes from our forefathers.

Battery Voltage

What is battery voltage? I think we talk around the real definition so much we actually begin to believe that we understand what it means when in reality we do not. For my benefit as well as yours let us go back to the basics of what battery voltage really means and how the work it conducts inside your battery affects the other technical factors of your battery.

Animals in Captivity May Not Take Learned Skills Back to the Wild

Many believe and some have documented instances when wild animals are taken from the wild and taught a new skill, that they do not necessarily use those skills once out of captivity. Why is this? Well many reasons one

Humans are Unique to Animals; Are We Sure?

The topic recently came up in an online think tank as to if Human are truly unique to all other animals. Are they? That indeed is hard to say, but at least one researcher wanted to prove it and will thru experimentation find some answers to this question.

Could Our Solar System Be Slowing Down?

There is a theory floating around out there that our solar system is slowing down way out on the arm that extends from the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Recently, this theory was shot down by a few very sharp Cosmetologist types and it has been debated in the online think tanks.

Is The Big Bang A Cosmic Blunder?

For years scientists have been telling us how the universe began. Do we really know? Or do we need another six billions years to figure it out?

The Bones, Fossils, and Dating Methods of Evolution

What methods are used by evolutionists to date an archeological find? And do these methods actually support evolution?