By: Roy Fernandez | 2012-03-21 | Technology Covering a wide range of scientific subjects, that went about to include the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe, Carl Sagan hosted a thirteen part TV series in 1980. It was called 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage', and was the most widely watched series in the history of American public television. Sagan's narration is sobering. read more
By: Cooper Crick | 2011-02-03 | Home improvement Termites are social insects. They have a well developed social order which is controlled by a Queen. The other members of a termite colony or castes are a king, workers, soldiers, reproductive and alates. All of these castes contribute in individual ways to growth of a colony. Each colony can contain up to 1 million termites. read more
By: Sensibledogs | 2011-02-09 | Pets Dogs were certainly the first animals to be domesticated, and have lived alongside us humans for thousands of years. We are blessed that the Nomads of years past took the time to tame the wolf and appreciate their benefits to the human race. read more
By: Sunee | 2010-09-13 | Genealogy What makes you who you are? Layers and layers of people who went before you. You are made up of pieces of kin folk from present day to way back. A fascinating thought and there are very few people who would not want to know from where they came. read more
By: Patrick Seery | 2010-04-02 | Hardware Everyone knows what the Internet is, but where did it come from and how did it end up looking like it currently does? In the ultimate 'swords to ploughshares' irony, the WWW - a way of communicating without boundaries, began life as a military project during a period of international mistrust and isolationism. This is a simple guide, covering the main stages of the Internet's growth. read more
By: John Tolsky | 2010-12-05 | Article Marketing We discuss the history of the Internet in this article. We will bring you from its early inception all the way up to present day usage with Search Engines. read more
By: Al Case | 2010-10-09 | Arts & Entertainment A look at motivations from before even the Shaolin Temple. This is why mankind fights, and what you can do about it. read more
By: Sandra Plater | 2010-03-31 | Arts & Entertainment The words of the late astronomer Carl Sagan inspired by a single photo of Earth taken from a distance of 4 billion miles by Voyager in 1992 made it to the front page of You Tube in 2007, when the editors featured a video entitled Pale Blue Dot by an Irish artist Ice Core Scientist. It spawned a Pale Blue Dot phenomenon. read more
By: David Fleegal | 2010-10-13 | Coffee The few of you, who still do not know, coffee has its roots somewhere in the 9th century. It is said that the energy booster was accidently discovered by a shepherd somewhere in the Ethiopian highlands and it was only a matter of time till it spread to remote countries such as Turkey and some areas in Africa. It took another hundred years till the miracle berries got back to Europe courtesy of the Dutch smugglers. read more
By: Vinny Papay | 2013-05-04 | Reference & Education In this article we shall explore to origins of mathematics and how they came to be. Mathematics is a very big subject no doubt. We use math in our everyday life, most of the time without even noticing it and we do not really think about it. An example would be being on time to catch a bus - we have to calculate our timings in our minds and the length of time it will take to get to work. However, w read more
By: Denny Smith | 2011-10-20 | Spirituality What motivates men to run from God, to avoid him and his word? The bible gives us some insight into the matter when we look into the lives of some who did so in biblical history. read more
By: David Stewart | 2010-05-03 | Fashion Have you ever wondered about the handbag? How did we come about carrying items in bags hanging on our shoulder? Purses have a long history, covering centuries past to present day. read more