If you travel to Athens, Greece, and go into the ancient ruins in and around the Parthenon, you will observe the very marble chairs in which would sit the great Greek philosophers and intellectuals as they held (on a daily basis) free and corporate lessons to all who would sit and listen to them. To … Continue reading
Cloning is nothing new, if by “cloning” we mean “producing genetically identical copies.” Plants have been cloned for centuries by the low tech method of taking cuttings and grafting them into other stems or branches. Frogs were cloned over 60 years ago by a process known as nuclear transplantation; the nucleus from a tadpole’s intestinal … Continue reading
Confucius is believed to have been born in or around 551 B. C. in the state of Lu in present-day Shandong province in mainland China. His birth name was Kong Qui. His disciples called him Kongfuzi or K’ung-fu-tzu, meaning “Great Master Kong;” translated into Latin his name became Confucius. To Read the Full Article, Download … Continue reading
Paleolithic Painting—The Chauvet Cave The world’s oldest works of art—more than 400 red ochre and black wall paintings of lions, panthers, bears, owls, rhinoceroses, hyenas, buffalo, and more—were completely unknown before 1994, when three cave explorers found them in Chauvet Cave (named for one of the explorers), near Vallon-Pont-d’Arc in the Arde’che region of southern … Continue reading
Through the late 1700s pianos—like all musical instruments—were constructed by hand in specialized craftsmen’s workshops: Even the most productive European manufacturers only built a couple dozen pianos a year. However, innovations in construction technique (first larger workforces, later mass-production approaches and steam technology) increased European production of pianos by a factor of 100 between the … Continue reading
Stonehenge is a circular setting of large stone blocks located about eight miles north of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England. Nobody really knows for certain who actually built Stonehenge or why. However, archaeological evidence provides a clear indication of when Stonehenge was built, and everyone agrees that it is a remarkable feat of engineering and construction. … Continue reading
God given gifts are always with the person who possess them whether they lie dormant and unused for years or they are active and highly productive. Such was the case with Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), medical physician who later became a world renown mystery writer. To Read the Full Article, Download File: Arthur Conan … Continue reading
Earthquakes are sudden disturbances inside the Earth that generate seismic waves in the crust. They happen all of the time; most of them are so small that sensitive instruments are needed to detect them. When major earthquakes occur, they do considerable damage to the land—affecting agriculture and public works—and to cities, resulting in destruction of … Continue reading
Have you ever wondered if the general population of 1492 A.D. really did think that Christopher Columbus (really known as Christofo Columbo) would actually fall off the edge of the earth as he sailed westward from Spain? To Read the Full Article, Download File: ROUND, NOT FLAT … Continue reading
Repression of the Whiskey Rebellion (1794) The stalwart and physically imposing tall Virginian rarely spoke, stood rigidly upright, and moved with a regal stride, bringing some to the false conclusion that he was pompous. George Washington was among the least uneducated of the Founding Fathers. General Washington took a great deal of time to consider and … Continue reading
