Is space exploration necessary? „... but the stars are not for man." Or are they? „Bitter as it might sound, mankind have been given the opportunity to explore their planet to the fullest, and to spend a golden age living in harmony and splendor. But, as you will find out, the...

Space in the Future From the beginning of time humans have tried to explore and to conquer new assets. The future looks promising to this human characteristic. Humans have lived on this planet for a long time and they are destined to move onto another planet or into another galaxy. We have explor...

Minerals have many different shapes, colors, and they also have many uses. Crystals, metals, and rocks are also minerals just a different kind. Minerals are all over this planet and even in outer space. Living creatures have used minerals in their systems to help their growth. A mineral can also be...

Technology in the future What the future will be like? This question worried and is worrying people. We know almost everything about the past; it has been written a lot of books about the past. Future does not program. We can only conjecture what the future will be like. Now, we live in the world o...

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...

Since humankind first walked the Earth, we have changed the face of The Earth. Some say that the Earth is being damaged by our doings. Others say that our activities make the Earth a better place to live. In my opinion, our mother The Earth is both harmed and made better by our activities. Our ac...

Understanding Reality We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch, Novelist I don't agree with Iris Murdoch's quote about reality. We live life as a reality. Every car that drives by, every bird that flies...

Man has always longed to build things, and as time goes on, man feels the need to outdo all previous achievements. Arthur C. Clarke's novel, Foundations of Paradise is a good example of this human characteristic. Vannevar Morgan is an engineer living in the twenty second century, and is kno...

The story of creation is one known and believed by many, and though has not been proven factual, is harmoniously and readily repetitive throughout various cultures. While the many stories of creation do contain discrepancies, they are alike in numerous ways. In view of the fact that the stories cann...

God vs. Manito Creation myths were created for the people of this world because we all need something to believe in. All creation myths differ in some way. I am going to focus on the creation myths in the American culture and the Native American culture. In all creation myths a God or the Gods ...

Dinosaurs Dinosaurs: How they became extinct something happened 65 million years ago, at the end of the cretaceous period, something so devastating that it altered the course of life on earth. It seems like it happened so sudden, as geological time goes, that almost all the dinosaurs living on eart...

There is no world population crisis. There are lots of major countries with population problems, but it is also true that some don't have a population anywhere near to "uncomfortable" so it is not reasonable to categorize the world having a population crisis. Popular belief tells of r...

Have We Entered the Third Event? Climate change and sea level change followed by a catastrophic event, this is the lethal pattern that Peter Ward has observed taking place during to the first two mass extinctions in the earth's history. It is the fact that Ward has observed this pattern in the ev...

Global warming is one of the many severe environmental concerns facing the world today. The concept of global warming has gone from an abstract idea to a significant potential problem concisely. But, what does global warming refer to? Simply, it refers to the heating up of the atmosphere and is caus...

The humanity is currently facing one its biggest problem ever. Indeed, the Earth is warming and consequences might be devastating for the future generations. There is a general agreement among scientists that Earth's climate is being affected by industrial society. Industry affects global climate by...

Is The World Going to Die If We Don't Change Our Ways? There are many humans in the world today that believe that all animals have rights and that the human population is slowly destroying the environment around us. Still there are the others that don't care about the environment and ta...

Volcanoes both harass and help mankind. As dramatically demonstrated by the Mount St. Helens on May 1980 Volcanic materials ultimately bread down to form some of the most fertile soils on Earth, cultivation of which fostered and sustained civilizations. People use volcanic substances as constructio...

Overpopulation The twentieth century has drawn to a close and humanity faces the problem of being able to support its population without inducing catastrophic and irreversible destruction on Earth's life-support systems. Throughout time, humankind has been living as though there are n...

Astronomy is the science of the celestial bodies. Examples of heavenly bodies are the sun, moon, planets, stars, galaxies, and all other objects in the universe. Astronomy may be the oldest recorded science. In 2300 BC, Chinese astronomers made their earliest recorded observations, yet the first ...

The article, The Heat Is On discusses the rising problem of global warming. Many scientists and experts on the subject agree that humans are causing this sharp rise in climate. Jerry Mahlman, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab...

Pluto Ninety three years ago an astrologer noticed slight variations in the orbit of the planet Uranus.Then the search began for a ninth planet.Twenty five years later a startling discovery was made. The year was nineteen thirty when Clyde William Tombaugh had discovered a ninth planet be...

The Atmosphere The dramatic appearance of Saturn stems mainly from the spectacular rings. The atmosphere looks much less dramatic. The clouds of Saturn are much less colorful than those of Jupiter. This is because the composition of Saturn's atmosphere includes more sulfur. The atmosphere of Sat...