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Theories of the Universe: Bang That Drum

Bang That DrumTheories of the UniverseScientific Origins of the UniverseBang That DrumA Big Bang AlternativeThe Accelerating UniversePlasma CosmologyThe Standard ModelThe Alpha and the OmegaIt's Out…

Science News, 2011

Major science news stories, from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to the Chilean miners trapped underground by Catherine McNiff Two scientists checking equipment in the central tube of the Large…

Juan Darièn

By: Julie Taymor and Elliott GoldenthalMusic and Original Lyrics: Elliott GoldenthalDirector: Julie TaymorSets and Costumes: G.W. Mercier and Julie TaymorPuppetry and Masks: Julie…

Nobel Prize for Physics

Below find every winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, from 1901 through 2016. For years not listed, no award was made. 1901Wilhelm K. Roentgen (Germany), for discovery of Roentgen…

A Pill with a Purpose

A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the “…

Senor Wences Biography

Senor Wences(Wenceslao Moreno)Age: 103 ventriloquist enjoyed by fans of The Ed Sullivan Show. He was known for his comical bantering with Johnny, a hand-puppet, and Pedro, a puppet-head in a…

Jim Henson

Jim Henson created the lovable Muppets, a troupe of fuzzy, goggle-eyed puppets who starred in TV shows and films beginning in the 1950s. Jim Henson's puppets began appearing on local television in…

Sun Ra

(Encyclopedia) Sun Ra, 1914-1993, African-American jazz composer, bandleader, and keyboard player, b. Birmingham, Al., as Herman Poole Blount. Sun Ra…

2011 Science News: Danger in Dixie Alley

Tornadoes Ravaged Parts of the Southeast U.S. in April and May 2011 by Catherine McNiff A tornado that hit Joplin, MO, in May killed 161 people. Source: NOAA…

2011 Science News: Mission Accomplished

The final voyage of the space shuttle Atlantis marked the end of NASA's space shuttle program by Catherine McNiff Atlantis lifts off! Source: NASA. Related…