One of the worlds largest and most valuable jewel collections, the Imperial Crown Jewels of Persia, or Crown Jewels of Iran, consists of a mind-boggling number of treasures. On display at the Museum of The Treasury of National Iranian Jewels in Tehran, Iran, the collection ranges from breathtaking tiaras to jewel-studded swords to princely thrones, […]
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest of the rocky terrestrial planets in our solar system. Named after the Roman God of commerce, travel and thievery the planet is a harsh world of extreme temperatures about which relatively little is known. Mercury orbits the Sun at a distance of 46-70 million […]
The power of computers is advancing at a rapid pace. Eventually, will we have the power to begin computer simulations of whole human populations? What would this mean economically if we were able to run these types of simulations? Could simulations of economic and political policies first be run on a computer before being enacted […]
The history of the telescope dates back to the early 1600’s when an Italian mathematician named Galileo Galilei peered through an odd new device he had invented to look at the stars in the night sky. Suddenly, this well known and familiar place revealed itself as a barely exposed mystery. It was then […]
Parasites are bad for living organisms. Parasites are known to be bad for you because they will eat up all the nutrients in your body. They will cause malnutrition and diseases that may be fatal. Some parasites cause malaria, a very dangerous disease.
There are also parasites that live on the skin surface, like mites. Dog […]
One day hundreds of years ago, a man named Galileo Galilei had the idea that if he could fashion some sort of instrument to look into the night sky, he could see the stars and planets better. Thus, the telescope was born. Since then, telescopes have evolved into powerful instruments that allow us […]
Wind power costs per kilowatt hour have decreased over the past two decades, though prices have fluctuated in the past three years. The Department of Energy estimates that prices may increase in the next year. Wind power generation has grown significantly since the price of oil has gone up and the extra added costs of […]
It’s relatively unclear and practically impossible to judge exactly which species of dinosaur was the largest, due to the fact that many of the fossil remains discovered to date aren’t totally complete. Partial fossils have been discovered relatively recently that allude to the fact that there may have been dinosaurs that were much larger […]
How many of you are satisfied with your dating life. I bet that if you are reading about pheromones, you don’t feel happy with the way your love life is. Do you think pheromones will solve all of your problems? The probably won’t, but it has happened.. Can you use pheromones as a way to […]
How many of you are satisfied with your dating life. I bet that if you are reading about pheromones, you don’t feel happy with the way your love life is. Do you think pheromones will solve all of your problems? The probably won’t, but it has happened.. Can you use pheromones as a way to […]
