There is a rumbling in your tummy.  You must be hungry.  Go get something to eat.  There!  Satisfied?  You ate, and there is still a shake in the area.  It isn’t your stomach.  It seems to be coming from the ground.  If you live in the Midwest, it could be a tiny earthquake.  The Midwest [...]

Tags: Earth, earthquake, gas, Midwest, oil, USGS

When you have a good program going, the best thing to do is to keep that idea alive.  When you want to accomplish out-of-this-world feats, you look to those mechanisms existing outside of this world.  When such a machine delivers in its progress, you keep that thing going.  You might even ask that they keep-ler [...]

Tags: Kepler, NASA, space

As humanity has gazed up to the heavens on clear nights, the sky is full of activity and life.  The familiarity and consistency has almost become mundane in it expected awesomeness night after bright, flickering night.  The world has come to know the expected sky with its stars, planets, and the old rock cycling its [...]

Tags: Earth, moon

It can be a terrible thing to suddenly realize you are looking around for something that has gone missing.  You begin to fully understand the situation brought to your attention involves the disappearance of an item or object you must now locate. Perhaps you have just misplaced the keys to your home or car.  Maybe [...]

Tags: Amazon.com, Apollo 11, Atlantic Ocean, discovery, engines, Jeff Bezos, NASA, sonar, space, spacecraft, underwater

The humble honey bee is naturally gifted at creating that sweet nectar.  That is humble not bumble.  The airborne pollinator flies from flower to hive and gets to work on such a tasty product.  The honey can be seen as a sweet alternative and natural flavoring for many foods and dishes worldwide.  That is why [...]

Tags: bees, colony collapse disorder, honey, pesticide

You can casually walk down the street for a simple stroll whilst avoiding any oncoming pedestrian traffic rather easily.  As someone walks by, you can hop to your side and continue walking about your day.  Even if you decide to cross the street, you can pause to let traffic drive on by.  Some journeys do [...]

Tags: astronaut, garbage, International Space Station, space

It is merely simple physics that tells us that the closer an object is to a heat source, the warmer that objects gets.  This has something to do with a transfer of energy. You would be less likely to discover anything cool or even icy near some fire source.  Even if you put an ice [...]

Tags: heat, ice, Mercury, NASA, space, sun, sunlight, temperature, water

There is nothing like kicking back on a relaxing day with some nice peace and quiet.  Those annoying car sounds and heavy machinery can be a real nuisance.  Sometimes, you just want calm, comfortable silence.  This sensation of the senses may be more natural than we thought.  The way we feel about noise pollution is [...]

Tags: noise, plants, pollination, pollution

The time of year yearned for by those braving the cold, relentless winter is finally upon us.  Days are finally getting longer.  This is a positive reality since we just lost an hour of day recently when we must “spring forward” for daylight savings time.  Everyone could use a little extra daytime to soak up [...]

Tags: daytime, Earth, season, spring, sun, sunlight, time, vernal equinox

Practicality outweighs possibility when you consider that the smaller the scale, the better for computing mobility.  Who wants to lug around a two-ton machine for a computer?  No one wants that.  Not all too long ago, the laptop computer was just a dream.  Then, the laptop becomes a reality.  You might have a half-pound laptop [...]

Tags: computer, design, graphene, molecule, nanotechnology, piezoelectricity, silicon, Stanford