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The Sun is losing mass at what seems like an alarming rate. It seems impossible, but true: our home star, the source of virtually all our...

Scientists have not only discovered every one of the 92 different types of atoms found in nature but they have also been able to...

It may surprise you to learn that scientists have discovered every different type of atom in the Universe! And they have named each one...

Atoms are unimaginably tiny pieces if matter. Here is one way to think about the size of an atom: When you dot an “i” with a No. 2...

The uncountable number of atoms that make up all of the matter in and on Earth were formed inside stars and during supernova events – 5+...

Our home planet is 4.6 billion years old. The atoms that Earth, and everything on it, are made of are even older! The uncountable...

Matter is defined as anything that is made of atoms - for it is these ultra-tiny, sub-microscopic particles that give large scale matter...

Even before Michael Faraday invented his "Dynamo" he was a very famous scientist with celebrity status all across England. Citizens...

Subtitled: "HOW to SPIN a GENERATOR" You learned from the previous post that Faraday's generator (dynamo) is the machine used by...

Current electricity is the flow of electrons through wire. However, current electricity is the only form of energy that does not exist in...

Power plants look like factories, but instead of manufacturing material goods (like cars or toasters or light bulbs) they produce energy...

Here is the complete Theory of Atoms proposed by Democritus. Some of his conclusions have been proven to be accurate, others have since...

1) Which type of energy do power plants sell to their customers? 2) Can you describe how the potential energy in coal or gas is converted...

The Winter Solstice occurred today at exactly 5:02 AM (EST). It is important to understand that the two seasonal solstices (winter and...

How the Burning of Hydro-Carbon Fossil Fuels Traps Heat in the Atmosphere When a hydro-carbon fuel (oil, gas, coal) undergoes chemical...

Democritus was a philosopher (scientific thinker) who lived in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago; he is best known for his theory about...

Why do the equinoxes and solstices occur at exact instants in time? The solstices and equinoxes are four exact points during Earth's...

The equinoxes are astronomical events that occur only twice a year. The 2020 autumnal equinox takes place at exactly 9:30 AM (EDT) today...

BIOLOGY is the study of LIFE on EARTH. CLASSIFICATION/BIODIVERSITY The over two million different organisms or species of living things...

I used to tell my students that I spoke 8.2 languages: English, Middle-Schoolish, and the six “Languages of Science” (oh, and just a...