Two things, or so the joke goes, are sure in life: death and taxes. Entropy is another candidate for that list.Why Fish Don't Existsees science reporter Lulu Miller grapple with the question of how to find meaning in a world where "there is no escaping the Second Law of Thermodynamics...
The seasons are marked by either an equinox or a solstice and occur because the Earth rotates on an axis, so different parts of the planet get more or less exposure to the sun as it orbits the star throughout the year. Spring and fall are marked by an equinox, which means "equal n...
17.Many hundreds of years ago,the moon was a mystery to people on the earth.What was that glowing ball came out at night?Why did it keep getting smaller,then larger?Why didn't it fall from the sky?Through the ages,people have tried to come up with answers. ...
It’s Pope Gregory and his advisers who came up with the really gnarly math on when there should or shouldn’t be a leap year. “If the solar year was a perfect 365.25 then we wouldn’t have to worry about the tricky math involved,” Eakes said. WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH LEAP YE...
I mean, let's just put in context that the average American emits about 18 tons of carbon dioxide per year. So, for us to get to a world that doesn't tip over 2 degrees and keep it there, we would have to do all sorts of changes that will be difficult for other countries in ...
The FCC took the first steps toward overturning its net-neutrality rules earlier this year by filing what's called a "notice of proposed rule making," or NPRM. The document doesn't recommend any specific policy changes, but questions the need for the rules, pointing out that the agency has...
But Newton for years had been curious about the cause of the orbital motion of the moon and planets. What kept them in place? Why didn"t they fall out of the sky? The fact that the apple fell down toward the earth and not up into the tree answered the question b...
“I think we try to set not only too extensive of a goal but also too many goals,” Graef told CBS News. “We might really try to shoot for the moon too quickly and that doesn’t work out, or not only do we want to go to the moon but we want to go to Mars and Neptune and...