A Voyage to the Inner-Most Planet

Mercury Revealed. (Credit: NASA/JPL).
The Solar System has just become a little more known. This year our view of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has changed as the Messenger spacecraft completes its first flyby of the little known world. Late in the afternoon last week, I braved the January cold to peer west. There, [...]

Stephen Hawking: A Biography by Kristine Larsen

Stephen Hawking is one of the most recognizeable icons of modern science in general as cosmology in particular. Stephen Hawking: A Biography explores Hawkings life from his early childhood through to his present day exploits.

Keeping Vehicles Running in Sub-zero Temperatures

Vehicles +Ice…(Photo by Author).
Winter time temps provide their own “unique” challenges when it comes to vehicle maintenance. More than ever, we rely on our vehicles as our lifeline in the winter, especially in a rural setting. I grew up (and currently reside) in Northern Maine, were temps routinely drop below 0F.