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Author Archives: Dani Johnson
How Solar Flares Will Leave The Earth And Its Inhabitants Mostly Unharmed
Since we are in the peak (solar maximum) of the Sun’s 11 year cycle, we are seeing much more solar activity than we have in the past few years. It may seem scary to some, but the sun has been / read more…
Going to Mars with MAVEN
The Mars Rovers have shown us that minerals exist on Mars that only form in the presence of water. This discovery confirms the idea that the barren planet used to have potentially life-bearing water on its surface. Right now, the / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Education / Science / Space / Technology
Extreme Surface Features Of Mars: Olympus Mons, Tallest Volcano In The Solar System!
With Mars being our closest accessible neighbor, it’s no surprise that we have had so many missions to study the red warrior. The six active missions to Mars include the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Mars Exploration Rover (Opportunity), and the / read more…
Saturn’s Magnetic Field Pulls “Rain” Into Atmosphere from Ring System
Saturn’s rings are responsible for a unique type of rain that falls into the atmosphere of the gas giant. Saturn’s magnetic field is pulling charged water particles into the atmosphere which interact with the atmosphere. Scientists estimate that there’s at / read more…
7 Interesting Things About Our Solar System
The Solar System is a fascinating place, but it’s easy to be overwhelmed by its gargantuan size and the massive amount of data we have on everything we can gather data from. I have compiled a list of 7 things / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Education / Nature / Science / Space
Tagged in facts / science / Solar System / space
Solar System: Pale Blue Uranus
Uranus is a spectacular planet in our Solar System that scientists still don’t know much about. It is the seventh planet from our sun and it shares the title of Ice Giant with only Neptune. We’ve only had one space / read more…
The Moons of Saturn: Iapetus
These two global images of Iapetus show the extreme brightness dichotomy on the surface of this peculiar Saturnian moon. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
My Fascinating Backyard: Spiny Backed Orb Weaver Spider + Spider Myths
Photo taken by Mkullen The other day I almost walked into a spider web that contained a spider that looked bizarre and like nothing else I’ve ever seen. Its back is white with face-like black markings and it has 6 / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Education / Nature / Science / Urban Legends
Tagged in camel spider / myths / Orb Weaver
5 Things We Mistakenly Believe About Our Bodies
Let’s examine a few things that are commonly believed about our bodies but aren’t actually true.
Posted in Health / Pseudoscience / Science / Urban Legends
Pseudo Alert! Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Complementary and alternative medicine practices are harmful to society because they take money from cancer patients that they could be using on real cancer treatments that actually work. Doctors spend years in college and medical school and even longer in / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / Pseudoscience / Skeptoid Podcast
Tagged in alternative medicine / complimentary medicine / pseudoscience
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