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The Real Scuttlebutt On Sailing Slang There are plenty of sites around the web which will give you the origins and meanings of nautical slang.  Mostly the wrong ones.  Etymology is a…

Consensus Science In a democracy you can vote without needing to give reasons. In science you have to give reasons or you aren't allowed to vote. Let me explain that.Suppose that I discover by…

Spring ForwardSpring forward.Seize the daylight hour.We have but too few summers.All mortals must fall backin our autumn years. .Picture via Wikimedia, public domain, courtesy of P. Ingerson I wouldn…

I came across this video for "This Too Shall Pass" by OK Go, and was absolutely amazed at the amount of creative genius packed into this four-minute piece of eye candy. You have to admire the…

Eschatology From wikipedia: The word eschatology is from the Greek ἔσχατος, Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of", first used in English around 1550That is, 'the end times' Time -…

Here We Go Round The Binary If this little piece of whimsy helps educators in any way,that will make me very happy. Here We Go Round The Binary verse 0000nothing. nothing. nothing-nothing twice.…

Research From Dr. Masaru Emoto, says that if human thoughts are directed at water before it is frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the…

"He [the Poet] considers man and nature as essentially adapted to each other, and the mind of man as naturally the mirror of the fairest and most interesting properties of nature. and thus the Poet,…

The quality of entries in the world's largest open-access online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, depends on how authors collaborate, a study by University of Arizona researchers has found. The research,…

Letter recovered-21st August,2361 “17th Feb 2151My love,How are you? Ha ha!! I know you might be getting bored by now, reading this question every day for 750 days now, but you know how much I miss…