I don’t know the exact day that science died, but I was there when the end began. Somewhere during the Ronald Reagan-Bill Clinton era I remember hearing on television that American students were falling behind Asian students in the areas of mathematics and science. I remember hearing this quite a few more times over they years, but then, at some point, I didn’t hear it any more. I guess we…
Funny/Humorous
Filtration Rocks!
I am not saying that filtration rocks, instead I am talking about rocks being used as water filters. Crazy? Well, not really. Rocks are an important part of water filtration technology and can serve different purposes. Bowling ball size rocks will not do much filtering, but as we get smaller and smaller particle sizes, down into the sand range, rocks can actually help filter sediment and dirt out of water.
The Magic Water Molecule
Everyone talks about water and I don’t believe there is a human being who at least once in their life hasn’t referred to water as H-2- OH, making reference of course to the chemical representation of water which is H2O. Many also know that this designation means that water consists of 2 atoms of Hydrogen and one of oxygen. This jargon has been handed down between generations and we all…