Earth-Like Planet Discovered 50 Light Years Away European astronomers have discovered a planet less than 50 light years away. This planet has come to be known as a sort of super Earth. It takes only ten Earth days to orbit its sun (much like our own) and the surface of the planet is scorc...

Atmospheric Circulation is a vital part of the Earth's systems. Without it the system would not be complete. Not only does it complete the cycle it also keeps human, plants, and animals alive. When discussing atmospheric circulation there are two main points that need to be hit on and those...

Thousands of years ago many people believed in Ptolemy's geocentric theory that the Earth was the center of the universe. But, not until around 1500 was that theory disproved by the heliocentric theory formed from a great astronomer named Copernicus. His theory proved that the sun is the ce...

Society has been widely addressed with the many problems that we are having in our environment today. A major problem is that of CFCs. CFC stands for Chlorofluorocarbons which are found in many of the aerosol spray cans. In December of 1973, Rowland and Molina discovered that CFCs can destroy...

Creation Essay For millions of years people have made myths about how the earth and the people on it were created. I decided to compare the Iroquois creation story compared to the Bilaan creation story. The Iroquois lived in the low lands of Southern Ontario and Quebec and parts of the United St...

Jesica Peratt 10 – 7 -99 Do Green Martians Really Exist? Do you ever wonder if there is life on other planets? I'm referring to little green bodies walking around with six eyes, two heads, and drool escalating from their mouths. As a child I use to lye in bed and imagine things like ...

North of Mexico, the pre-Colombian settlement of Cahokia was the most influential and intricate Native American community in North America. A society of mound builders, which endured from about 9500 B.C. to 1400 A.D., they set up a massive trading center complete with their own types of govern...

Abortion is one of the most controversial social topics in the United States today. Each side of the debate has many arguments in favor of their position; some I feel are valid, and others are not. I have a moderate to liberal view on abortion.Pro-life teens from across America say they are fed up...

When I Was Puerto Rican The biographical tale When I was Puerto Rican, written by Esmeralda Santiago, tells of a poor girl trying to succeed. The settings in this novel have an important influence on Esmeralda; they change her ideals and influence her behavior as an adult. In When I Was Puerto Ri...

From the beginning of time, religion has been topic that sparked debate, division, and war. At times, to speak one's unique view on religion was to dig one's own grave. Though today's laws protect citizens' religious freedom, many in the United States still hold these rigi...

Did you know that the Native Americans created the very first literature? They told stories that used very consistent ideas. They used a lot of personification, and anthropomorphism. In almost every story they told, animals or gods portrayed human characteristics. Many of their stories expl...

Albert Einstein was born March 14,1879 in Ulm, Germany. He is considered to be one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time. He is best known as the creator of the special and general theories of relativity. He contributed much to the kinetic theory of matter and the theory of spe...

The lunar eclipse is tonight and it only occurs once every four years. The next Lunar eclipse will be in march 2007. The Lunar eclipse is when the sun goes behind the moon and the moon seems to look like a bright orange ball in the sky. You do not need a telescope to see the lunar eclipse in the sky...

My name is Jungles McButter and I was born and Canada and have been raised there ever since I was born. I can't help but find it so funny how us Canadians have such an inferiority complex when it comes to South of the 49th parallel. Turn on the local news at 11pm here in Canada and what do you see...

Native American Religions Native American religions happen to have to real geological boundaries. We can see remnents of them all throughout the Americas. It was not until about 400 years age that a literary basis was formed. And through that basis we can concluded that the religions are based u...

Ron Jeremy, Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Carr, Madonna and Miles Davis are all considered artists in their own right. The lives and achievements of these men and women are common public knowledge because they're taught at school. If they're not taught from a teacher as part of the curriculum th...

The World Imagined In 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sailed with four ships from Europe to reach India. Because of the cold weather, the sailors could not prepare food. They went to Africa and collected all they needed and finally reached India and saw the flock of amazed citizens watc...

Early in everyone's childhood, you become amazed when you hear we went to the Moon. It gives you that magical feeling inside that you love so much. Landing on the Moon is one of America's greatest accomplishments. It gives us as a country great pride to say the we are the only ones that...

My friends just had one thing to say to me when I told them I would be spending the spring break of my freshmen year in Mexico with my youth ministry group. Some would ask what exactly I was planning to do while others would ask why, but the advice was always the same. Instead of all the cult...

What is Religion? There are many different answers to this question. For some people it can be answered by definition while that definition may not apply for others. This question can only be answered by what meaning and value it has to a certain individual. Religion is basically the belief i...

In August of 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. This is a clever rhyme that people use to remember when Columbus set off and discovered the New World. But what if he didn't get permission from Queen Isabella to go off into the unknown to do this? It might have been another hundred years b...

Florida and Tourism Florida is one of the more popular states of the United States of America. For years now millions have flown thousands of miles to see all its beauty with their own eyes. Children and Adults can enjoy all the entertainment this state provides to each of its visitors. Wheth...