September 2007
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Yes, Solar Powered Cars and Racing
A solar car is an electric vehicle powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car. Photovoltaic (PV) cells convert the sun’s energy directly into electrical energy. Solar cars are not practical day-to-day transportation devices at present, but are primarily used as demonstration vehicles and in engineering exercises.
Solar Powered Car [...]
There Art Angels Amongst Us
“Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.” – Francis de Sales
I’m not very religious (more spiritual than regimented), but I once believed in angels. There was an angel craze sometime during the last decade of the twentieth century as well, and [...]
A Web of Collaboration
On the shore of Lake Tawakoni, 50 miles east of Dallas, Texas one of the most bizarre events has hit the study of arachnology ever.
It looks like Fairyland but it is the world’s largest insect trap. Spiders have evolved to create the largest spider web ever seen, over 200 yards along a trail. Thousands of [...]
Back to Natchez
I love Natchez, Mississippi, and today I made my second visit to this town – the oldest civilized settlement on the Mississippi River. It’s small, it’s humid, it’s hot, yes – but it’s a quaint town filled with antebellum plantations and old trees that were spared by Union armies during the Civil War, mainly because [...]
