Category: Science and Archaeology

Interesting: according to National Geographic, a controversial new theory could remove as many as one third of all dinosaur species from our encyclopedias. What's the big idea? Simple: that young dinosaurs undergo dramatic physical changes as they mature. As the theory goes, because young dinos are dramatically different than their grown-up counterparts, it's erroneously assumed that they're different species altogether. Virtually all early fossil classification was done on the basis of morphol...
Read More

I love a good mystery. No, not the Agatha Christie kind...those have never really caught my attention. I mean the real mysteries of life: Stonehenge, the Great Pyramids, the Money Pit, and the rest. As a trivia nut, I'm as fascinated by what we don't know as by what we do know. One of the lesser-known mysteries is called the Antikythera Mechanism. It is, quite simply, the world's oldest complex scientific calculator. Found in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera and dated to between...
Read More

Here are three interesting quotes from recent articles on Space.com:For the first time, satellite imagery reveals thick Martian salt deposits scattered across the planet's southern surface...Space.comAn ocean seasoned with the chemical ingredients of life may lie hidden beneath the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan.Space.comA sniff test of water vapor spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus shows it is gushing with organic molecules...Space.comThe common thread between the three articles? Abiogene...
Read More

Volcanoes are cool...especially underwater volcanoes. This video is the first to include both images and sound for an undersea eruption. Enjoy!...
Read More

Polar bears were recently added to the list of protected species by American Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Pictures of polar bears have, in recent years, become iconic in the fight over global warming. Environmentalists suggest that melting polar ice might cause the extinction of polar bears, while others see such claims as politically-motivated histrionics.It's histrionics. Here are a few facts:Polar bears aren't dying...they're on the increase. Their explosive population growth has been ...
Read More