The Universe has a dark side, that sings a bewitching and bewildering Sirens’ song to astronomers who seek to solve its myriad mysteries. Astronomers refer to one of its especially enticing mysteries as the “dark matter”. This is because they are “in the dark” about its true nature. However, many […]
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Mankind has always been fascinated with the heavens since time immemorial. Stargazing was not just a pastime on lovely nights. People navigated the seas and crossed continents with stars as their guide. They even thought the constellations charted their fates. But that was before the giant leap from astrology to […]
In a traditional classroom setting, students are made to sit passively while the teacher delivers a lecture. There are reasons as to why many teachers seem dissatisfied with this practice. For now, I shall limit myself to only three: a. Students’ focus is set in the wrong direction; in taking […]
Binoculars and telescopes and other astronomy equipment and accessories are the meat and potatoes of amateur astronomy. A good pair of binoculars is what introduced me to the pleasures of stargazing many moons ago and only after a couple of years scanning the skies did I graduate to a telescope. […]
Even the value of virtue changes in ages. Japanese virtue was to die for their mother country in World War II. Japanese virtue changed after it lost the war. Country and government, which seemed to be unchallengeable, were gone. Individual people became equally or more important than the country. Though […]
OMAHA, Neb.-College students are packing their bags and getting ready to return home for the summer. For many, this past year was the first time they managed their own laundry, classes and curfew-and their own bank accounts-without their parents. This continues as a time of transition for many young adults […]
Class organizers and teachers should pay increasing importance to social media and include it in the everyday learning schedule. Why should educational institutions encourage the using of social networking sites in the classroom? According to industry experts, social media results in social learning where students have access to a common […]
Our spiral Milky Way Galaxy is a hazy band of light when seen in Earth’s clear, dark night-time sky. This glowing band of nebulous light, stretching from horizon to horizon, is formed from a host of fiery stars that cannot be seen individually with the unaided human eye. Our 4.56 […]
Most people recall their high school and undergraduate education in fragments. Atoms possess a property called valency. Great Britain has no constitution, but is a constitutional monarchy. Many students have trouble using such discrete, disembodied facts. Yet most people define “education” as the delivery and storage of such “facts” and […]
Just like everyone wants to be rich, nearly every student wants to become an outstanding student. In fact, being an outstanding student is a noble objective, and there is nothing wrong with this goal. But the problem does lie in the fact that not many students have taken enough quality […]