Las Vegas lies in the middle of the desert. The arid expanse of sand is broken up by the mountain of glistening manmade constructions that make up the city of Las Vegas. One thing you’ll hear again and again is that even though Las Vegas gets very hot, the dry desert heat is not unbearable. […]
Bloody September: The Simulated War
Bloody September (The Simulated War) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Patrick Henry said: " We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth…Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be the number of those, who having eyes, […]
Planet Pluto demoted again
SCIENTISTS have further demoted Pluto from being the biggest in the category of dwarf planet, a position it found itself a year ago. Based on calculations just published on the study of Dysnomia, the moon of Eris, another dwarf planet in the journal Science, astronomers no longer deem the planet as the largest of the […]
Oceans as dumping grounds of hazardous chemicals
In what is highly known as the biggest sanctuary for fish and other marine species, the world’s oceans are no longer safe haven for fish and other marine mammals. Reason? Indiscriminate human activities and big corporate interests that seemed to have outweighed the importance of environmental preservation in favor of financial gains. It may sound […]
One Step Closer to ET Life – Water Vapour Atmosphere Detected in Pegasus
Water vapour has been observed in the atmosphere of a planet in the Pegasus system, as reported by researchers at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. The planet, HD 209458b (called Osiris by some), seems to be in the process of having a water vapour-rich atmosphere boiled away as it swiftly passes before its parent star. The telltale […]
POSTMODERN LITERATURE:
BECKETT AND MORGAN – TWO PERSPECTIVES ON POSTMODERNISM It may be that some rough beast will slouch again toward Bethlehem. It may be that some natural cataclysm, or extraterrestrial intelligence will shock the Earth into some sane planetary awareness of its destiny. I have no prophecy in me, only some slight […]