September 2020

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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s Racist Remarks

Posted On September 29, 2020

Winston Churchill once said, “I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion”. This is of course not true in the slightest, and was a marked example of prejudice and racism. Up to 3,000,000 (3 million) people […]

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The Rationale Why Pharmaceutical Organizations are Not Incentivized to Develop Antibiotics and Why This is Dangerous for the Worlds Next Pandemic

Posted On September 29, 2020

Within 5 short years of release, approximatly 20% of antibiotics become subject to resistance from bacterial pathogens which means that antibiotic proliferation is chronologically limited within its life expectancy. Coupled with this, if an antibiotic is highly effective, the scientific […]

Anthropology / Cultural Anthropology / History / Iconography / Psychology / Sociology / Theology

The Christian Adaptation of the Pagan Ostara Festival Which Became Easter

Posted On September 22, 2020

Just as Christmas replaced the pagan holiday of Saturnalia, Easter replaced the pagan holiday of Ostara, a festival celebrating the pagan goddess of spring, a time of renewal, fertility, and birth. The Catholic Church strategically adopted the pagan seasonal calendar […]

Aeronautics / Astronomy / Astrophysics / Biography / Chemistry / Electrostatics / Engineering / History / Kinesiology / Mathematics / Physics / Planetology / Technology

The Mathematics Behind Why Rockets Can Escape The Gravitational Pull of the Earth

Posted On September 16, 2020

Robert Goddard’s liquid rocket never reached the 3 kilometer mark because of Tsiolkovsky’s Rocket Equation named after Soviet scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (pronounced “con-stan-tyin tsel-kov-skee”). This equation states that as fuel increases for faster and further voyages, so too does the […]

Engineering / Gastronomy / Hydrology / Kinesiology / Physics

The Reason Carbonated Drinks Become Flat

Posted On September 8, 2020

Carbonated drinks are in a state of super saturation in respect to how much carbon dioxide they contain. Once a solution has reached complete saturation, it won’t allow any more of whatever substance is saturating it. If salt is added […]

Anthropology / Chemistry / Commerce / Cultural Anthropology / Engineering / Geology / Metallurgy / Sociology / Technology / Topography

European Neolithic Mining Practices

Posted On September 1, 2020

During the Neolithic period, flint was as prized as gold was to the Hindus, Christians, and Buddhists. 4500 years ago, flint miners dug shafts up to 12 meters deep in search of more flint. Ladders and wooden platforms made extracting […]

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