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Friday is named after the wife of the Norse deity Odin. Some academics believe her name was Frigg, while others believe it was Freya. Yet others believe Frigg and Freya were two different gods.She was frequently identified with Venus, the Roman...

This current trend of movement seems to have translated to the present day, with migration being more common now than ever before. Moving away from one’s home is an astronomical step towards the unknown, often coupled with many trials and...

As I stood basking not only in the early coolness of winter but also in my freedom, I couldn’t help but feel a certain lack of elation. While freedom caressed every single one of my cells, I couldn’t help but feel powerless. I was a slave to...

The ground remained hard, fortified by winter’s stinging chill. Though cloaked by thick winter clouds, the moon’s penumbra lightly illuminated the sky. While the temperature had dipped below zero, the streetlight expelled its warm glow into the...

It is remarkable how under a prolonged onslaught, the simplest of life's offerings bring such intense pleasure.Earth's unending journey had rhythmically changed its trajectory to allow the Northern hemisphere closer proximity to the sun. As...

He had navigated this route many times and believed he could do it with his eyes closed. The wind’s ferocity bludgeoned the thermometre’s mercury to its depths.Minus. In reference to temperature, the word minus preceding the numerical value hints...

The Latin name for rock is saxum and as this word traversed my mind, I pondered if stones last forever? Of this I can’t say, but needless to say they never die.Though, just as humans do, they evolve over time. I wondered what these intricate stone...

As the oxygen transaction concluded in the lungs alveoli, the relaxation of the diaphragm expelled the carbon dioxide result.He was now exhausted. This voyage had commenced seemingly eons ago and he yearned to breathe oxygen the way nature intended....

In his hand the polished steel handle felt smooth and cool. He entered the room slowly this time. Every previous foray had been a quick in and out to quickly dispatch the work to be done.The plush carpet felt welcoming as he slowly slumped into the...

To the right, the vivid moon illuminated the night painted ocean. The large waves provided a scintillating cacophony as they crashed into the waiting beach sand.The rhythmic sound mimicked my own heartbeat. While the deserted beach itself showed no...

However, we have only recently discovered how learning occurs at the molecular level. Scientists have figured out how our dense network of 10 billion neurons works and how sensory information is transported along this lightning-fast network to be...

Though it had been since 5 a.m., when that scourge of human technology, the alarm clock, had mercilessly poked his sleeping brain awake, the day had flown by.He wasn’t a marathon runner or mountain climber, but his day was filled with adrenaline...

Who am I, where am I and what time is it? One wonders if prehistoric man began their days in this frantic fashion? Presumably we would identify who we were in nanoseconds but were the club wielding hunters and berry gatherers as time obsessed as we...

The biology induced flicker of light lifted the heavy eyelids.And as the powerful sunlight attacked the unsuspecting pupils, the miracle of human physiology jump-started the cranial apparatus. The crimson river within its confined pathway silently...

What does a perfect day mean in terms of science? Science has always surrounded my life like an ocean does an island.Scientific laws are propositions that explain or forecast a variety of natural events and are based on repeated experiments or...