Archive for October, 2008
(Stormy weather) How To Use A Telescope For Research
No commentsBy Ben Needles
Would you like to do scientific research with your telescope? Do you have a preconception that to do serious research with telescopes needs an astrophysics degree and a telescope costing millions of dollars? Not so, even with a small hobby telescope you too can do great research with your home telescope.
Galileo used a [...]
Computer Simulation of the (storms) Human Population
No commentsBy Robert Webb
The power of computers is advancing at a rapid pace. Eventually, will we have the power to begin computer simulations of whole human populations? What would this mean economically if we were able to run these types of simulations? Could simulations of economic and political policies first be run on a computer before [...]
So You Think You Can Destroy (hurricane storms) Evidence With Fire
No commentsBy Rachel Yoshida
Criminals will go to almost any lengths to cover their tracks when they commit a crime that will send them to jail. Starting a fire deliberately will send them to jail also, but sometimes the act they committed will be worse than a fire. People have been using fire to destroy evidence and [...]
