Did you know that Uranus is tilted so that its rotational axis is almost in the plane of the ecliptic?
Did you know that Colonial Americans used large sheets of mica as glass for windows?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
Loess
xLoess : An aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt and lesser and variable amounts of sand and clay that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate. Loess is usually homogeneous, highly porous, and is traversed by vertical capillaries t
Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget. New research results reported on-line today...Read more