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A Light Discussion: Particles or Waves?

Written by Herb Rose

The debate on the nature of light in the early twentieth century, whether light was a particle or a wave, led to Einstein’s solution with the creation of the photon where waves could become particle like, having no mass but containing energy.

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Pacific Rats Reveal 2000 Years of Human Impact on Island Ecosystems

Written by Dr. Jillian Swift Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History


Credit:  © Jillian A. Swift Agakauitai Island in the Gambier Archipelago (Mangareva).

Rats were carried on ships as humans settled the remote islands of the Pacific – analysis of the rats’ remains reveals changes humans made to the island ecosystems.

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NASA to launch mission to study cosmic rays in the heliosphere

Written by Karen Graham

This image shows the locations of Voyagers 1 and 2. Voyager 1 is traveling a lot and has crossed int...

This image shows the locations of Voyagers 1 and 2. Voyager 1 is traveling a lot and has crossed into the heliosheath, the region where interstellar gas and solar wind start to mix.
NASA/Walt Feimer

NASA has selected a science mission planned for launch in 2024 that will sample, analyze, and map particles streaming to Earth from the edges of interstellar space.

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How to Foster Famine

Written by Viv Forbes

Famine has haunted humans for most of their history. In the days of the Pharaohs, whenever the Nile River failed to flood, Egypt starved. Joseph was called in and he organised stockpiling of grain for famine relief.

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Junk Food and the Upsurge of Diabetes: A Global Phenomenon

Written by Richard Galustian

In this month’s prestigious British Medical Journal, The Lancet, has given considerable coverage in its June issue to the fact of the dangerous upsurge for both young and old of the variety of Diabetes which is becoming one of the largest global health crises of the 21st century.

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