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Invisibility Cloaks: Fact or Fiction?

Monday, November 7th, 2011

The idea of invisibility has been around in mythology and fiction for thousands of years but the Harry Potter books and movies brought the idea of an Invisibility Cloak into the public eye.  Everyone has thought at some point about what possibilities being able to make themselves invisible would present.   But invisibility is only the stuff of fiction.. right?  Well, […]

Blame Education

Monday, November 7th, 2011

For my blog, I wanted to share with you some of Ken Robinson’s views on how education kills children’s creativity.  We all know how important it is to get an education. After all, we are raised to believe that we will not obtain a job without one. Our every step seems to be already planned […]

“A tablet a day, and I was limitless.”

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

  If someone approached you claiming their product would allow you to use 100% of your brain, would you buy it?   You are probably familiar with this scenario if you watched the thriller ‘Limitless’, released earlier this year, starring Bradley Cooper. The plot of ‘Limitless’ is based on one of the most commonly perpetuated […]

“Doomsday” Pushed Back: Comet Elenin Desintegrated

Friday, November 4th, 2011

A large comet spanning 3-5 km in width, large enough to have severe consequences if it had crash landed on Earth’s surface. Theorists hypothesized that it would be similar to the events that led to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. These events may include unnatural drop in Earth’s atmospheric temperature, nuclear winters, […]

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