Human disease has taken many paths to travel the globe. Blown by winds and storms or carried on currents many early diseases found new homes via earth’s weather. Some of these diseases may have taken their journeys in their native state, but quite a few hitched a ride on a… Read more“Map Monday, How human disease travels the globe”
Category: Science
Map Monday, cosmic flight paths through the Solar System
Cosmic happenings have been at the top of the news over the last six months. In January we heard about the brightest supernova ever recorded. At its peak the ASASSN-14lh supernova was 20 times brighter than the combined light of all the stars in our galaxy. Also in January researchers… Read more“Map Monday, cosmic flight paths through the Solar System”
Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?
Eclipses have always fascinated me. My first recollection of a solar eclipse doesn’t come from witnessing one, but rather from a movie. As a child Saturdays meant watching cartoons in the morning then running around outside until dinner, except when it rained. On rainy days my siblings and I would… Read more“Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?”
