There are many airplane parts that do not worry me too much. But all matters and parts related to safety better be safe. And instead of being paranoid, I choose to be informed. Today I am going to introduce you to aeroplane parts. Knowledge and familiarity should clear some apprehensions that ignorance might create. We have all seen a plane.

Titration is a laboratory method concerned with chemical analysis, it is also know as a method used in medicine of reducing a patient's dose until healing has occurred. In chemistry it is fundamentally used to find the concentration of reactants in solutions. As titration is heavily reliant on the measurement of volume it has also been termed volum

We earthlings love to look up at the moon. So much does the moon enamor us; we write movies, songs and poems by the droves that contain the name of the earth's super satellite. A case in point is the fact that one of the biggest selling record albums of all time is Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." For all its romance inspiring awesomeness

What is a Flow Meter for Rivers? In order to understand what a flow meter for rivers are, you first have to understand what a flow meter in general is; it is basically a device that is used to measure the level and velocity (speed) of a liquid or gas, and there are many different types of flow meters that are available today. In this case, you are

We are at a critical juncture in solar system exploration. On the drawing boards are dozens of promising ideas, many which could be realized in the coming decades. There is plenty of incentive for human expansion into the solar system, yet there is no long-term commitment and no consensus on how or when it will occur. This past May, at the fifti

Wind power is growing in popularity as an alternative to fossil fuel and one of the best of the renewable energy sources. The use of wind power requires wind turbines. Wind turbine generators do little to harm the environment and are far preferable in this regard to fossil fuel. The only disadvantage is that they cannot be used everywhere. In order

Wikipedia describes UV (Ultra Violet) Light as electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light but longer than soft x-rays. It is called ultra violet because the spectrum consists of electromagnetic waves with frequencies higher than those that humans identify as the colour violet. Below are 46 fascinating facts rel

Back in October, 1828, The American Institute of the City of New York, "incorporated for the purpose of encouraging and promoting domestic industry in this State and the United States in Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures and the Arts", held its first industrial fair. The exhibition was held in New York at a time when the 416 "watchmen" that compr

Let's breakdown the cost of traveling 900 miles and for this discussion let's only take into account the fuel costs involved. For now let's ignore the wear and tear on your car or truck and let's not get into the deeper issue of the cost to the environment from the pollution generated. All that aside, it's very easy to measure the affects that h

Trying to find an ideal telescope for your home can be a troublesome task. It is not the shear number of telescopes available, but that not that many places specialize in telescopes to use for viewing objects in space. A telescope is a scientific instrument, and as such it is not something that is as easy as finding cutlery! Though it is still p

As you read every word of this short astronomy article, you will discover the answers to some of the most pressing questions in astronomy. How did the seas form? Where did life come from? And how was the Moon born, so close to Earth? For many years I searched the answers to these amazing questions. How did the seas form? Where did life come from

AC motor is an electric motor that is driven by an alternating current. It consists of two basic parts, an outside stationary stator having coils supplied with AC current to produce a rotating magnetic field, and an inside rotor attached to the output shaft that is given a torque by the rotating field. AC motors require only three power conductors;

Vedic Mathematics came out of the closet, so to say, in the middle twentieth century, thanks to the efforts of Sri Jagatguru Swami Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja. His contribution to the understanding of Vedic mathematics as it stands today is phenomenal. In fact, the 16 Sutra he has culled from the enormous depth of the Vedas is unimaginable.

At last, spring has finally sprung and we can once again venture outside and enjoy the great outdoors. Traditionally, this is the time of year when weekend warriors all over the nation dust off their racquets and begin their mass exodus toward whatever passes for a tennis court in order to play what is arguably one of the most popular games in the

Ever since Man discovered that the world was, in fact, not flat and that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not the other way around they have been looking out into space and trying to discover what is really out there. The study of the Universe has been driven by the desire to answer age old questions, one of the most prevalent being; are we