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Even Goldilocks plan

There are about 4000 planets that have been so far discovered around other stars in the universe. Some of them even have the right distance to size

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Plants get sick just like people do. So pesticides were developed to protect plants from diseases. It turns out, nature has it's own way of hel

Exosomes - not just

Exosomes are tiny, spherical packages of information that cells exchange with each other to communicate. Tiny, but not small. Information inside of

Firefall by Moonlight

Ash Tree

Fraxinus, English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medi

Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called mon

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands o

Sugar Maple Tree

Acer saccharum, the sugar maple or rock maple, is a species of maple native to the hard

Why stars cannot for

It has been believed for some time that stars can form from a collapsing nebula. But is it actually possible? Let's look at processes that woul

How long did it take

According to currently accepted models, light travels at the same speed in all parts of the universe, and it has always traveled at this speed. Dis

What is the purpose

According to Genesis 1:14, God created the Moon and the Sun for signs, seasons, days, and years. So the Moon helps us divide our years into months.

The Big Bang Theory:

This article explores the realistic challanges an early universe would experience if it tried exploding out of itself in the beginning.

Earth's magnetic field is not only useful for sea captains to determine where the North is. It is a life-protecting mechanism. Space surrounding our planet has large amounts of radiation, like the radiation coming from our sun. This radiation is so strong, no living tissue could survive it. Fortunately for us, our magnetic field deflects much of this radiation, making life on our planet possible. However, if this magnetic field was too strong, life would not be possible either. Fortunately for us, the strength of our magnetic field is just right.

Earth's magnetic field looses strength with time. Every century, it decays by about 5%. The decay of the Earth's magnetic field has been recorded for over a century by modern scientists, and proved to be consistently decaying. If the magnetic field was 5% stronger each century, as we go back in time, very quickly, it would become so strong, life on Earth would become impossible.

Study of magnetization of bricks, pottery, campfire stones, have shown that around 1000 A.D., earth's magnetic field has been about 40% stronger than today.

How do we know that the Earth's magnetic field did not fluctuate over time, though? Good question. And the fact of the matter is that it probably did. The study of magnetization locked into rocks at the time of their formation, has shown that the Earth's magnetic field has reversed its direction hundreds of times as the geologic layers were laid down. But during these reversals, the magnetic field has been decaying even more rapidly. Taking that into account, life on Earth would become impossible, as late as 8700 years ago. Even if this energy decay is due not only to free decay, but also due to residual motions in the core fluid, the maximum age safe for life would only be about 100,000 years.

Humphreys, D.R. 1993. The Earth's magnetic field is young, Acts & Facts. 22(8), icr.org/article/371