There's a heat wave down under as Sydney, Australia, set an all time record high temperature on Friday, January 18, 2013. The blazing temperatures sent the mercury high and by 2:55 p.m. at Sydney's Observatory Hill, it was 45.8 degrees Celsius or 115 degrees Fahrenheit. In other locations, the...
Are you the type of person who enjoys working with numbers, figuring out odds and probabilities, and taking chances? If so, then you may want to consider a career as a statistician, where you can be paid to crunch these numbers and figure out odds and probabilities responsible for huge decision-making....
Nemo, a powerful winter storm, is targeting New England with the potential to drop over one foot of snow, rain, and ice in places throughout the northeast beginning on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Forecasters have indicated that a cold front from the north will meet a warm front from the south on...
On Friday, February 15, 2013 at 9:20 a.m., a massive explosion of fireballs and a sonic boom shockwave tore through the sky just east of Moscow near Chelyabinsk. The meteorite injured 500 people, shattered windows, and caused significant property damage. Some NASA officials and Russian space...
Topography comes from the greek and literally means to record a place. It is the indepth study of Earth's surface and features. It also includes the surface and features of other planets, their moons, and other spatial objects such as asteroids and meteors. Topography has a deep rooted history in...
Savannah Cats are part domestic, part wild cat. They are part Serval and part Domestics. They are the largest domesticated cat known to man. Extensive breeding programs exist for these cats. Here's a great video of the world's largest domestic cat, the Savannah.
Superfetation is the formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. When there are two separate instances of fertilisation during the same cycle, rather than different cycles, it is known as superfecundation. Superfetation is said to be common in several species of...
Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a huge ring around Saturn it is by far the largest of Saturn's rings.The new ring is in the confines of the Saturnic system, with an orbit inclined 27 degrees to the plane of the main ring. Most of his material began about 3.7 billion miles from Earth...
A banana spider is one of the most common names of two species of spiders found in the Americas, namely, the nephilaclayipes found in North America and the phoneutria found in Central and South America. Of the two species, the phoneutria is considered deadly. The South American banana spider is...
A BTU, or British Thermal Unit, is one of the basic units of measurement for heat energy. By definition a BTU is the amount of heat that is need to increase the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. The measurements are measured at its heaviest point. So for example, one BTU...
