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First of all, an important warning. Whenever you try to observe the Sun you must use the correct protection such as special solar viewing glasses or if using a telescope, you have to use a sun dioptre or project the image onto a sheet of paper. Take advice from a qualified person. Even a shortContinue reading “A Spot in the Sun”

The Sphinx near Cairo in Egypt is perhaps the best-recognised monument in the world. Made of limestone, it is large being 73 metres long by 20 metres high. Sitting close to the Great Pyramid of Giza, it appears to be mysterious in several ways. For a start, there is debate over what it is. TheContinue reading “Legends of the Sphinx”

We all know what sleep is; on average, we spend approximately one-third of our lives asleep. It is vital to good health. But how much more do we understand what happens when we are asleep? Even today, we do not understand every aspect of this behaviour. However, what we do know is fascinating. Sleep isContinue reading “Wake Up! This is about Sleep”

In the previous article, we learned how the brain receives information from our senses and then reconstructs “reality” for us. This process is known as Saltory Conduction and it can be fooled and project a different interpretation from others observing the same incident. In this article, we will take the discussion further and question whetherContinue reading “Are We Real? Part Two”

This may at first appear to be a stupid question. Of course, we are real. Ask another question like, “What is real?” The world is real. Everything around us is real. We can reach out and touch something and it is there. These are all commonsense answers to the question of reality. However, if weContinue reading “Are We Real? Part One”

Parallel universes or as they are now more commonly known, the multiverse, have been around as a concept almost as long as science fiction became a genre. Our visible universe is three-dimensional with the fourth dimension generally accepted as time. We know that the theories of Isaac Newton about the mechanics of the stars andContinue reading “Universe or Multiverse? – That is the Question”

The Vatican in Rome has always had its own share of mysteries. In some instances, you could say “What goes on in the Vatican, stays in the Vatican.” There have been plenty of questions raised over recent decades to which the answers have been silent or bland. This has been pretty much the case forContinue reading “Pope Joan”

We live in a colourful world. The sky is blue, the grass is green and pretty much most things will reflect a colour which we can pretty much identify. But is this completely accurate? How do you know that my “red” is exactly the same as your “red?” Colour is a wavelength on the electromagneticContinue reading “When is a Colour not a Colour?”

Ask anyone to name a painting and it is a pretty good chance that they will say the “Mona Lisa.” It was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci and hangs in the Louvre in Paris. If you are ever there, look for a crowd of people gathered around one picture. That will be the Mona Lisa.Continue reading “Mysteries of the Mona Lisa”

We have all heard of Homeopathy and some may have tried it or know someone who has. The feedback can range from the remedy worked and I feel better, to there was no improvement whatsoever. With such a diverse set of results, we are obviously not going to find a definite answer to the aboveContinue reading “Homoeopathy – Fact or Fiction?”