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52Astronomical Telescopes | Buying it Right: Consumer Strategies
Some buyers prefer to wait until they’ve see the item in action, had a look through the eyepiece, read the magazine reviews and caught all the scuttlebutt on the internet before taking the plunge. There’s a catch here; manufacturers calculate their first runs of high-tech goodies to meet immediate demand. There can be a wait of several months or longer for the next batch. This is equally true for telescopes and accessories, but particularly for well-marketed electronic innovation.
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71Liberated Education
A social networking platform for learning new languages. For those of you who have ever wanted to learn a new language, you probably found out rather quickly that it can be a pretty expensive endeavor. Credible language learning software like...
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77Transit of Venus on June 6,2012
It is about the rare phenomenon of TRANSIT OF VENUS which is likely to happen in coming June 6th.
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68How a Small Child Shocked Me at Work
Many years ago, in the seventies to be exact. (Oops! I'm aging myself, Oh well, too late now.) I was teaching some astronomy to 3-5 yr olds in South Florida.. (Yup, I really did do that). Talking about the planets resulted in a lot of hand raising...
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74The Transit of Venus June 5-6, 2012: See and Experience This Rare Astro-Event
The planet Venus will soon eclipse the Sun for the last time until 2117. Here's how you can watch it, and what the rare Transit of Venus has meant in the past and suggests for our future.
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68Space Aliens Bigfoot And Other Unexplained Creatures
Are we alone in the universe? Are we being watched by aliens from other worlds? You decide.
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78Eclipse safety during the total solar eclipse: Australia 2012
A solar eclipse, where the moon passes in front of the sun, is a beautiful but also a dangerous phenomenon. You can buy eclipse glasses to protect your eyes while you watch the eclipse in Cairns in November 2012.
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80Become a Scientist Today with Citizen Science
Are you interest in science? If so, it's possible to become involved and make contributions to science today. There are a variety of projects for curious citizen scientists like yourself, and many can even be done right from your own home.
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69Cosmic Influence?
The cosmos continues to function, moment to moment, eon to eon, and cannot help but affect us. We see in the news that this particular time is jam-packed with events. Over our morning coffee, we point out photos of the solar eclipse and “ring of...
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67Watching the 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse
This is my experience watching the eclipse on May 20, 2012. I have included photos of the eclipse.
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