Yesterday marked the beginning of Solar Week 2007. Those of you that know me and that follow my web site know that I had the priviledge of witnessing a total solar eclipse last year in Egypt and am planning to see the next one here in China next year. Since the eclipse last year, I have been trying to keep informed of educational projects that NASA puts on and one of them is Solar Week. Although it is intended for kids from grade school up to high school, I think it is fun for us all to take a look at. The web site gives you an opportunity to interact live with scientists to get answers to your questions about the Sun and even learn more about solar eclipses! {more}

Ah, it is that time of year again. Valentine's Day was this month, spring is coming, the air is crisp, love is in the air, and bellies are turning blue. Yes, that's what I said. Did you know that the bellies of these male... {more}

During my first year in college, a thought bounced through my head. In its simplest terms, it was: Using a collective energy, which is produced when many people think and feel towards a common goal, people can actually control the weather. This started when I noticed that it we rarely had bad weather on certain holidays. For example, Memorial Day has always fallen on a beautiful sunny day, perfect for a barbeque. Sure, you might say that it just happens to be that part of the year that is like that, but I know many times the day before or the day after have not been nice days, some even with rain, but that day was always sunny and nice. I would like to believe that it is because practically everyone under the sun is expecting, wanting and hoping for a beautiful day to spend outside with their family and friends. {more}

I watched a show on television the other day (yes television, it was a holiday and it was educational :)). It was called Naked Science on the National Geographic Channel and it talked about SETI and the scientific programs throughout the world that are “listening” for possible communications from space. Yes, listening, using satellites, for any sort of radio wave or sound signal that... {more}