Requiem
for a Planet: Pluto - For
almost three-quarters of a century schoolchildren
learned that our solar system had 9 planets: Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
and Pluto. Then in 2006 this changed. Pluto got
demoded and suddenly there are only eight planets.
What happened? Why did poor Pluto get kicked out
of the planetary club? >Full
Story
The
Harbor at Rio de Janeiro -
On January 1st, 1502, Portuguese explorer
Gonçalo Coelho ship's reached a break in the South
American seaside that seemed to be the entrance
to an enormous river. The bay they found was spectacularly
surrounded by huge, oddly shaped mountains that
astounded the European explorers. Taking a cue from
the date on which they'd found this amazing harbor,
they named it the "January River" or Rio de Janeiro.
>Full Story
A
Matter of Gravity -
If all matter has gravity, does that not mean that
matter is giving off energy?
>Full
Story
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