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79Christmas Trivia: A Christmas Quiz
Christmas is celebrated in many different cultures, each with its own traditions. How much do you know about the Christmas traditions here in the United States? Take this Christmas quiz and test your...
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80What Were Your Best and Worst Christmas Gifts?
Anticipation is half the fun of receiving Christmas gifts. Children get so excited they almost bounce off the walls. Even adults wonder what is in the brightly wrapped gifts under the tree. I know I still get...
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87Mount Rainier: When Will This Active Volcano Erupt Again?
Ring of Fire Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Mountain Range, is part of the Ring of Fire of volcanic ranges that almost circle the Pacific. It includes the Aleutians, the western coast of North and South...
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8010 Good Reasons to Own a Dog
Dogs are very special animals and they quickly form a bond with their owners. Some dogs bond with only one person and others spread their love around. It is also healthy to own a dog, both physically and...
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66Ignacio V. Ponseti: Creator of the Ponseti Method for Treating Clubfoot in Children
Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti was a brilliant man with a gentle soul. He worked over 50 years to research, implement and teach others the Ponseti Method, his non-surgical method of treating clubfoot in children....
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73Calling All Intelligent Life Forms: Are You Out There?
This quote makes me laugh out loud. We are so intent on finding other intelligent life that we never stop to think that maybe they have already found us and do not consider us intelligent enough to...
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82Galaxies Imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
A galaxy is a system of an enormous collection of stars – up to a trillion or more individual stars or suns, dust and gas held together by gravity. Each galaxy belongs to a larger cluster or supercluster. ...
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84Planetary Nebulae Imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Planetary Nebula is a huge misnomer. It has nothing to do with planets. They are not visible through the naked eye. They were originally named in the 18th century when astronomers looking through the small...
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80Galileo and the Telescope: How 400 Years Ago Galileo Changed the World
Galileo, an Italian professor of mathematics, did not invent the telescope. No one knows for sure who the first inventor was. But this new device spread quickly across Europe. At first it was more of a parlor...
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77The Hubble Space Telescope: Astronomers Eye in the Sky
Astronomers dreamed of a telescope in space or an eye in the sky for many decades. The Hubble Space Telescope was the result of those dreams. In 1973 NASA selected a team to design the telescope and its...
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