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Classical Mythology: A Lot of Bull

A Lot of BullClassical MythologyLucky in War, Unlucky in Love: TheseusRoad WarriorA Lot of BullKing Theseus Wants a WifeMidlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen Having rid the isthmus and its…

Weather: Ten Major Cloud Types

Ten Major Cloud TypesWeatherPartly to Mostly CloudyMoisture and HumidityIn the CloudsTen Major Cloud TypesForecasting by Clouds In biblical times, Job asked, "Can any understand the spreadings of…

Weather: What Would I Do?

What Would I Do?WeatherMaking a Career Out of ItWhat Would I Do?How Much Will I Earn?How Do I Become a Meteorologist?Will I Find a Job? Almost every single aspect of our lives is affected by the…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXI

Purgatorio: Canto XXPurgatorio: Canto XXIIPurgatorio: Canto XXI The natural thirst, that ne'er is satisfied Excepting with the water for whose grace The woman of Samaria besought,…

Brewer's: Mahomet

or Mohammed, according to Deutsch, means the Predicted Messiah. (Hag. ii. 7.) It is the titular name taken by Halabi, founder of Islam. (570-632.) Angel of. When Mahomet was transported…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto I

Paradiso: Canto IIParadiso: Canto I The glory of Him who moveth everything Doth penetrate the universe, and shine In one part more and in another less. Within that heaven which most…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto XXV

Paradiso: Canto XXIVParadiso: Canto XXVIParadiso: Canto XXV If e'er it happen that the Poem Sacred, To which both heaven and earth have set their hand, So that it many a year hath made…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto XXX

Paradiso: Canto XXIXParadiso: Canto XXXIParadiso: Canto XXX Perchance six thousand miles remote from us Is glowing the sixth hour, and now this world Inclines its shadow almost to a…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto VI

Paradiso: Canto VParadiso: Canto VIIParadiso: Canto VI "After that Constantine the eagle turned Against the course of heaven, which it had followed Behind the ancient who Lavinia took…

Math & Science

Marie Skłodowska Curie was the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, Physics and Chemistry. Math and science are two of the underpinnings of modern society. Every day we come…