It may surprise those who know of my Ulster Protestant background that I am something of a fan of Flannery O’Connor.  As yet, I have not delved into her novels, but I have read all her stories,…

The Rise Of The Time Machines Do you own a time machine?  The chances are that if you are reading this, then you own a time machine.  They are fairly cheap nowadays.  Like so many…

The 4th of July is a holiday in the United States because it's the day a group of British citizens decided to throw off the shackles of tyranny and go out on their own, and they inspired a nation to…

Search For Franklin - A Free Resource Much of what was known about the Arctic before the 20th century came from the sheer guts and determination of men who didn't know how to quit. The quest for a…

A science historian at The University of Manchester says he has cracked 'The Plato Code', secret messages purported to be hidden in the writings of history's most famous philosopher. Plato likely…

Getting Steamed Up About Nostalgia The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past. As a child, I would travel to school on a steam train.  I have always loved the power and the beauty of…

Arctic Heroes #1 - Alfred Wegener The history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and discovery is filled with the names of heroes.  Many of those names get repeated over and over in popular…

This month a long time friend graduated with a PhD in science after 7 years of rather difficult studies beyond his master's degree. It was a big relief to him ending a period of weekend laboratories…

In 1457 B.C. at Megiddo, named in the Bible Derekh Hayam (Hebrew: דרך הים), was fought the first battle remembered by military history. The Egyptian Pharaoh Tuthmose III, at north of Mount…

In 1872 Charles Darwin completed what may be the first example of a prospective "single-blind" study of human perception of emotional expression. Through scrutiny of Darwin's previously unpublished…