It is no exaggeration at all to say that the global economy is in totally uncharted waters. Consider that throughout history nations have borrowed money, and paid interest, rather than being relegated to simply printing money. Today, however, governments have so over-extended themselves that they have trouble finding buyers for...

Galileo’s famous 1589 experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, in which he dropped two different spheres of different mass and observed that they reached the ground at the same time, tells us something about modern ballistics – it tells us that both a large bullet and a small bullet,...

There are those who would argue that the current world situation is simply part of some enormous, multi-decade social cycle that must occasionally play itself out. Such individuals may suggest, for example, that the US is currently going through the same cycle it previously experienced during the days between Presidents...

With a world economy in tatters, unstable global stock markets and an upcoming US presidential election it is impossible not to speculate about the future. There is so much chaos and instability throughout the world that any specific outcome is impossible to predict, however one thing that can be pretty...

On September 1, 1859 a huge solar storm, which later came to be known as the “Carrington Event”, struck the Earth. The resulting electromagnetic pulse destroyed telegraph lines and equipment throughout the United States. It was said that sparks flew from some equipment, and some telegraph lines actually caught fire....

The ability of water filter elements to remove harmful bacteria from a water source is directly related to the ‘pore size’ of the material through which the water flows. Sizes for the most common disease-causing bacteria; anthrax, botulinum, e.coli, listeria, streptococci and staphylococci range between 0.5-1.0 microns across. Hence, a...