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Are we Monkeys or Men? - - David Tanguay
Seek ye first his kingdom and righteousness and all these things will be added unto you Matthew 6:33 We are by Darwin’s point of view evolved monkeys. Although our physical characteristics i.e., our biological anatomy may be similar to primates of the wild however we as human beings... Submitted 18 days 2 hours ago.

Two Solutions to the Mirror Reversal Problem: Why Does a Mirror Reverse an Image? - - Connor Davidson
If you are sufficiently observant and inquisitive you will have noticed that when you look in a mirror right and left are reversed but up and down are not. For example look at Groucho’s raised hand. His hand is on the right but in the mirror it looks like it is on the left. Try it... Submitted 8 days ago.

How Humans Have Become An Invasive Species - - Kellie Hastings
Humans are becoming an invasive species interfering and invading natural wildlife,,nature and waterways such as lakes, bays and oceans. It is pathetic how we live... Ways we are polluting our own environment and sitting in our own filth. We dig up our world in a frenzied selfish greedy... Submitted 12 days 14 hours ago.

Geek Math Clock Explained with Cheat Sheet and How To Read a Binary Clock - - Connor Davidson
For several years I’ve puzzled over the famous Geek clock (pictured below) slowly trying to work out what all of the symbols mean and how they correspond to the time they point to. As I moved up in maths and started out in engineering it slowly began to make sense. Now I think I have worked... Submitted 39 days 21 hours ago.

(Part II) Tales From Krakatoa: The Three Mr. Schuits - Jack H. Schick
{Fifth essay in this series} It was not the two o’clock message sent to Batavia by the Anjer telegraph master, Mr. W. Schuit—“Krakatau vomiting fire and smoke”--that alerted officials to the renewed volcanic activity. Over eighty miles away in the Dutch Indies capital... Submitted 80 days 13 hours ago.

(Part I) Tales From Krakatoa: The Three Mr. Schuits - Jack H. Schick
{Fourth essay in this series} (Note: To date, research has not uncovered the first names several of these ‘characters’) Even after several decades, sometimes when Mr. [H] Schuit, innkeeper and local Lloyds of London agent, walked out onto the large wooden veranda of his Anjer... Submitted 83 days 16 hours ago.

Tales From Krakatoa: Captain Lindeman's Inconvenience - Jack H. Schick
(Third article in this series) Captain Johan Lindeman was perturbed when, in late May, 1883, he received new orders from his employer, the Netherlands Indies Steamship Company. His vessel, the 1,436 ton Gouverneur-Generaal Loudon , was commissioned to run mail and passenger routes throughout... Submitted 91 days 22 hours ago.

Tales From Krakatoa: Johanna's Nightmare - Jack H. Schick
(Second article in this series) Johanna Beyerinck frequently had second thoughts about having encouraged her husband, William, (badgering and nagging, he called it), to accept a position as one of the seven Controllers in the Dutch East Indies colony. He had full authority over the Ketimbang... Submitted 100 days 21 hours ago.

Tales From Krakatoa: An Elephant in the Room - Jack H. Schick
(First article in this series) Monsieur Louis Cressonnier, the French owner of Hotel des Indes in the city of Batavia on the island of Java, had been up most of the night. About 1:00 a.m. there had been a particularly severe grumble from Krakatoa, eighty or so miles to the west. He’d... Submitted 105 days 14 hours ago.

"Some Say the World Will End in Fire, Some Say in Ice" (Robert Frost) - Jack H. Schick
Mankind has been lucky, so far. Over the past few million years the surface temperature of the planet has been much colder than it has been over most of Earth's history. However, the most recent, Pliocene-Quaternary Ice Age, has been relatively short, and, compared to previous cold spells, ice... Submitted 111 days 14 hours ago.

Alfred Russel Wallace: The Wandering Mind - Jack H. Schick
Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), was sunburned, thirsty and starting to seriously worry about his own survival; but, he couldn't help feeling disappointed and depressed over the loss of his entire collection and most of his journals. When, on August 9, 1852, 28 days out of Brazil on... Submitted 116 days 19 hours ago.

Wegener's Folly: He Thought the Earth Moved Under His Feet - Jack H. Schick
Mrs. Unangst's responses to my revelations encouraged me to speak up. In second grade, while we were looking at the big map of the world that she'd pulled down from above the blackboard like a window shade, I noticed that the coastlines of South America and Africa would fit together like pieces... Submitted 118 days 16 hours ago.

Massive Solar Storm Fills Lovers of Beauty with Awe and Disappoints Gloom and Doom Brigade - Jennifer Stewart
In a world and an era where there are so many thugs, crooks, hypocrites and charlatans, where the concept of truth has become fuzzy around the edges, where murder, rape, robbery, serial-you-name-it abounds, where corruption and integrity-bending drives politics and the boardroom, and where... Submitted 120 days 23 hours ago.

The Meteorite Incident - Jack H. Schick
I have to get up at quarter to five every morning, so ten o’clock is past my bed time. That’s when they air one of my favorite TV shows, “Meteorite Men.” I don’t pay my TV people extra to have a recorder, so I have to watch it live. My wife thinks it's sort of a... Submitted 127 days 16 hours ago.

Monkey see Monkey do - - David Tanguay
“ South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu walked by a construction site on a temporary sidewalk the width of one person. A white man appeared at the other end, recognized Tutu, and said, "I don't make way for gorillas." At which Tutu stepped aside, made a deep sweeping gesture, and said, "Ah... Submitted 130 days 21 hours ago.

Lake Effect Snow-Heat and Sunshine—It’s All Good - - Steve Kovacs
I love the heat. Sunshine and hot temperatures have always been my cup of tea. I walk around all summer long in shorts and short sleeved shirts as light as feathers. Of course, living in Ohio, I could only do this in the summer time especially because winter in my part of the state is tough. In... Submitted 141 days 7 hours ago.

Such A Variety Of Instincts Among God’s Creatures - Joel Hendon
It seems odd that so many people who have decided to discount God in their lives can convince themselves of natural causes of instincts in insects and animals. Some so daedal, yet obscure, as to virtually eliminate any natural learning factors. As the human newborn has a natural instinct to... Submitted 142 days 19 hours ago.

Safe Winter Driving - Dianne Lehmann
In actuality, the safest thing to do when the snow is falling and the temperatures are below freezing is to just stay home. That is advice that I plan on heeding in the future no matter what my husband, Bernd, might have to say. A couple of weekends ago, we had our first major snow storm. Bernd... Submitted 159 days 17 hours ago.

Another look at Science and Religion - - David Tanguay
“Whether one sees the world as God's creation or as a secular mystery that science is on the way to figuring out, there is no denying the beauty and majesty of everything from mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests to the exquisite details in the design of an ordinary mosquito.”... Submitted 160 days ago.

The Red Queen Hypothesis - Jack H. Schick
Alice ran as fast as she could, but could not catch up to the Queen. The faster she ran, the further away the Queen seemed to get. Recognizing the futility, Alice gave up and stopped. When she did, suddenly, curiously, she and the Queen were at the same place again. Alice was perplexed. The Red... Submitted 162 days 1 hour ago.

Electronic Sex Possible by 2030: No Chance of Venereal Disease - Joel Hendon
I usually don’t write about such things, but this one has various implications and connotations which need to be faced, preferably ahead of time. A British futurologist, Ian Pearson, believes that by 2030, sexual partners will be unnecessary to enjoy the pleasantries of sex. This idea... Submitted 168 days 23 hours ago.

Tecumseh's Prophecy: The New Madrid Earthquake - Jack H. Schick
The Great Comet of 1811 was first spotted in on March 25 th by Honore Flaugergues. It was too low in the sky to be noticed much until August. By September it was seen around the globe. It was visible to the naked eye for 260 days, a record not surpassed until 1997, by Comet Hale-Bopp. C/1811 F1... Submitted 181 days 15 hours ago.

Bio-cremation: Dip, Strip, Flush and Grind - Jack H. Schick
I must have been about ten when my mom told me that my grandfather was going to be cremated when he died. It up set me. I assumed people were always buried. None of my “loved ones” had died yet, but I’d been to cemeteries with my parents to visit relatives I’d never known.... Submitted 227 days 2 hours ago.

Tire, Tire burning Bright - Dianne Lehmann
We've all heard about piles of used automobile tires catching fire. We've seen the videos. Maybe some of us have witnessed it first hand and smelled the stench. Piling tire upon tire upon tire really isn't a fitting or environmentally sound end to their useful life of rolling cars down the roads.... Submitted 232 days 22 hours ago.

DNA Proof Stronger Than Fingerprints, Also Than Life From Non-Life - Joel Hendon
Many scientists contend that science is a study and is an ever changing of theories or first ideas as they may be shown to be in error. And, in fact, they contend that, until they are proven empirically, they remain questionable and subject to further investigation. I happily accept that... Submitted 233 days ago.