Satellites help farmers determine when to fertilize, generating cost savings and protecting our environment.Farmers like to call it “precision farming”-using satellites and other remotely sensed data to evaluate crops and soil moisture. These advanced farming techniques are saving money and preventing unnecessary chemicals from entering our fragile ecosystem. A new Saskatchewan project is also using [...]

When Canadian astronaut Dr. Dave Williams takes flight for his next space mission (STS-118), scheduled for launch in June 2007, the Canadian Space Agency will provide Canadians from 15 to 17 years old with a once in a lifetime opportunity to have their own experiment performed on-orbit. The International Space Station (ISS), unique floating laboratory [...]

This weekend my husband and I took our six year old daughter to her first planetarium show, and she was in pure awe during the entire show.  She was excited when I recently took her to “Night at the Museum” and other recent movies for kids that we’ve seen, but never was she on the [...]

Venus has been known since prehistoric times. It is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun and the Moon. Originally, it was popularly thought to be two separate bodies: Eosphorus as the morning star and Hesperus as the evening star, later scientists proclaimed that was inaccurate.
Venus is usually visible with the unaided [...]

Evidence suggests that life exists on other planets. In fact, many earth-like features have been seen on Mars.
Some of the materials that have been seen on mars include the possible presence of water, sand, and various minerals. In addition, some of the same particles that exist in the earth’s atmosphere also exist on Mars. This [...]

Hurricane Wanna-be’s … Tropical Storms Can Be Destructive Too
Ever since Hurricane Katrina wrought its destructive force on New Orleans, the news has been full of articles and commentators that speak of the destructive force of hurricanes.  What is lost at times is the fact that the very precursors to such a hurricane – tropical storms [...]

You will need to take extra precautions this time of the year for hurricane season-especially if you live in an area where you are most susceptible. This is true of those who live near the Gulf of Mexico or for those who live along the Atlantic coast.
One precaution you will need to take during hurricane [...]

Hurricanes, with their high winds, high seas, and flooding can be one of nature’s most destructive elements.  They are powered by warm oceans and moved by trade winds.  The high winds around their core generate violent seas and when hurricanes move ashore, they sweep the ocean inward, create tornadoes, produces torrential rain downpours, cause floods, [...]

When a hurricane threatens to make a hit your area, there are many precautions you need to take. You have to gather emergency supplies for your family, make arrangements for pets, secure your home, and consider evacuating. If you are a boat owner, then you have even more to worry about. You need to make [...]

As if the flooding and high winds associated with hurricanes were not enough, did you know that there are other hurricane by-products that are just as deadly and destructive?  As a matter of fact, twistin’ tornadoes are quite often produced during a hurricane’s reign of terror. Interestingly, they do not usually occur right in the [...]