What if the Earth was tidally locked to the Sun?
We only see one side of the moon, because it is tidally locked to the planet Earth (tidal locking the situation when an object’s...
What a Tiny Electron Reveals About the Structure of the Universe
What is the shape of an electron? If you recall pictures from your high school science books, the answer seems quite clear: an electron...
Tornado Facts
Perhaps it’s the spinning motion of tornadoes that captures our attention. The fact that they spin is the most basic of tornado facts. Tornadoes...
Top 10 Stars That’ll Blow Your Mind
No one can help but look at all the stars which adorn our skies and wonder, “what’s out there?” It’s natural to dream about...
Top 10 Reasons Bigfoot Probably Doesn’t Exist
The name Bigfoot is synonymous with mystery to many people out there; and after the countless claims – the sightings, footprints, videos and photographs...
Top 10 Misconceptions About South Korea
With the recent death of dictator Kim Jong-Il, all eyes are on North Korea (or, as it is ironically named, the Democratic People’s Republic...
Top 10 Animals You Can Find In Unexpected Places
Everyone knows that lions can be found in Africa, buffalo in North America, kangaroos in Australia, and so on. They are native to these...
Tiahuanaco
Sacred Centre Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco (also called Tiwanaku).was a major ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread...
This May Be Life’s ‘Missing Ingredient’
Billions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms. Eons later, a larger, smarter form of life...
Theories on the Formation of Crop Circles
The following outline is a summary of theories and working hypotheses regarding the mechanisms of crop circle formation. Bear in mind that there are...
The very first forms of life may have been more animal-like...
Early life may have been far more like animals than we thought, suggests new research that shows bacteria can 'develop' like an embryo.
When bacteria...
The Solar System
Our Solar System includes the Sun and the planetary system revolving around it. A “planetary system” is a group of non-stellar objects (planets, dwarf...
The Mysterious Ice Rings of Siberia’s Lake Baikal — Solved?
Siberia’s Lake Baikal holds a number of world records for lakes – oldest lake, deepest, largest freshwater lake by volume, and subjectively, the world’s...
The Mysteries Of Camouflage And Mimicry
In nature, any species is sought after by other predator or prey species, which detect it through their senses (sight, hearing, smell). Victims can...
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan means 'The City of the Gods", or "Where Men Become Gods"
(in Nahuatl). It is located in the valley of the same name 30...
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a megalithic monument on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England, composed mainly of thirty upright stones (sarsens, each over ten feet tall...
Statue of Liberty Facts
It’s one of the sure Statue of Liberty facts that the Statue of Liberty is an icon, representing the United States all around the...
Solar Energy Facts
Many solar energy facts tell us about the immense amount of energy that the Sun gives out. The Sun’s energy powers the water cycles...
We are not local ourselves...
MORE INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT MERCURY
What remains intriguing about Mercury is how scant our knowledge has been regarding some of its key details until recently. For example, it was...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
