We live in a world of mysteries, there is no doubt about that.We live in a universe where it is commonplace for stars to die and whole solar systems to be born.We live in a world where whole galaxies hurl themselves through space, colliding with others.I cannot explain a greater beauty than this.And the fact that this heavenly symphony has a set of rules and laws is all the more enchanting. But before I get carried away in cosmological philosiphies I must explain how this elegant universe works.

It all started with a bang. This may seem like a simple and rather boring beggining but it's the truth. In about a second after this massive explosion already had the foundations for everything had been set. Millions years later gravity had it's prime in universal history. After everything had been created the whole universe was simply a balloon.A huge frame of space time filled to the brim with hydrogen.However, slowly over time this rather dull universe began to change. Gravity began to slowly pull this gas together.Now, anyone who knows basic physics and chemistry know that when a gas is compressed it begins to heat up. So, naturally these huge clusters of gas began to slowly get very hot.In fact so hot that this hydrogen began to change. Now I will have to bring about a term to explain this beautiful phenomena.It is called fusion.Fusion is a changing of matter that takes one element and creates another right after it. This at such high temperatures that it literally "transforms" an atom.This happens because when two nuclei combine the resulting atom has less mas than the two participating atoms.Well, in the after-affect the reaction causes a gargauntan amount of heat.So, much, that even as I write this and even as you read this we are being warmed by this fundemental occurence.Slowly more and more elements were coming about inside what would now qualify as a star.Now, although many new kinds of elements were being created, they all mysteriously stopped at iron. Well, this was a dilemna for scientists around the world.Why would stars stop at iron when we know that there are so many more that occur naturally?Well along came a man who proposed that, rather than the big bang, the higher elements are born in the stars.This mans name is Fred Hoyle. I can already hear you asking "Why Zivan are there elements scattered throughout the universe and not cooped up in the stars?" Well,that's were truly beautiful thing happens.This is called.......SUPERNOVA!! Now I'm sure that many people have heard of this and what's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear this?BOOOMMM!!?!!!?!?!?!?!?! That's correct.Even for such a complex thing in it of itself it is very simplistic. Basically, when a star has almost exshausted its energy sources gravity begins to take over.Now once again I can almost hear you thinking to yourselves"Then why,Mr.Smartypants, doesn't the sun go supernova right now?" This does not happen for this one reanson.Think of the sun as a balloon.Now imagine it without the rubber shell over it.Basically what you've got is a ball of air that has a higher pressure pushing out keeping it together and preventing it from collapsing.Well a star is pretty much the same thing ( in principle of course!!).The stars outward energy output is constantly equalizing its own gravitational pull.So, when the outward energy output doesn't equalize the gravitational pull, naturally the stars begins to swell and then explode.When this happens the contents of the star begin to fuse into heavier and heavier elements. After several million years these elements began to cluster once more.What we have now resembles a giant cosmic frisbee.This is called a protoplanetary disc. This is where gravity began to assemble the planets and moons.Specifically ours happened to form in the Goldilocks Zone.This is an area of a solar system where planetary temparatures are just right to sustain life.Once the Earth had formed, it looked nothing like the safe blue haven we call home.It needed a little remodeling.

As I am sure you are all aware, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill has been laying waste to the natural world across several United States coastlines.I see many different ways this problem can be treated but I feel that others are misinterpreting what the real solution is.I have always said that it is always easier to blame to take responsibility for something, and right now I believe not many people are taking "real" action.One can speak and debate all one wants but when it comes down to it, you had better have something to show for it.Another thing I think is a very wide spread misconception is the fact that many people think this is the GREATEST and WORST ecological disaster in U.S history.Although(and I will not for a second hesitate to say this) this does rank up on one of the most devastating blunder that we have experience in a few decades I will not whopp this story to gargantuan sizes.I believe many are forgeting the massive contamination of Exxon Valdez in 1989 and how it wrecked over 1,300 miles of shoreline utterly obliterating the ecosystem there. One might even have the audacity to say that there is a "bright" side to this mountain of oily dischord. Environmentalists have said that this oil is less crude than the Exxon Valdez spill and burns more rapidly and evaporates much swifter.This just goes to show you the misinformity that the young fresh minds of today are being fed. Not only is it the kids that are being told radical assumptions but also the adults.It seems that the oil has not just poisened the waters of our Gulf, but poisened the waters of our society.I cannot even begin to tell you of the damage that this spill will cause to the economy.Not only will fishing and wildlife be marred by this dilemna, but tourism as well. Now,I realize that this spill is a great big red flag for the marine wildlife conservation, but there is also another giant indicator lurking behind the corner.It is the fact that over the course of a year about 706 million gallons of waste oil is thrown into the ocean.I hope that in this generation we can look upon the idiotic mistakes of this one and improve on it.Or it is plausible that most would rather listen to there iPods then do something.The choice is yours. ;D

Hello again. If any of you heard, they found water on the moon. Now to some this my not be a big deal, but to me brought to them BY EARTH. Now I realize some of you don't see any point in it matters. Now, when we sent shuttles to the moon almost all of the water molecules we found on the rocks were almost definitely contamination's from EARTH. Now if any you think there is no use in funding, NASA, let me elaborate. NASA is important for many reasons but the main one is discovery. Think about how unintelligent a planet we would be if we live our lives never breaching the atmosphere. And some of the most mind-boggling discoveries about the universe ( or multiverse:O) have been found by a satellite sponsored by NASA! Anyways, back to the main area of interest, I don't find it surprising that they found water for two reasons. One I have always believed the the moon was once part of Earth so it is only natural that there be water on the moon. And two, small, super-fast particles of hydrogen ZIP through space and so does oxygen particles, so it is pretty apparent why we found water on the moon. One other thing I wanted to address is the investigation of terraforming Mars. Now, for those who don't understand what terraforming is, let me explain. Terra forming is basically the process of allowing life to form on a planet or any any other form of land. One of the problems with living on Mars is the cold. Since it's atmosphere is so incredibly thin, the amount of sunlight that hits the lonely planet is usually only moderately different than the output. One way NASA scientists believe they can warm it up is to use GLOBAL WARMING( DADA DUUUM!!). Now on Earth we dedicate entire shows to explain the dangers and negative impact of this, but on Mars, it could just be the ace in the hole us humans have been seeking. Since it would take a HUGE amount of money and not to mention time to transport fossil fuels from here to Mars, so researchers at Caltech are looking for the next best thing. Turns out there is a substance ( found on Mars!!:D) that gives a greenhouse effect ten thousand times large than coal. Hopefully we can find a way to get this brilliant idea to work.

The other day I came across a little site about cold fusion. For those out there who don't know about this science mumbo jumbo, let me clarify. Basically, this is when you separate the hydrogen and oxygen from water to generate heat, and therefore energy. Scientists around the world are still looking at this amazing form of energy. The awesome thing about this is that all you would need for power would be straight up seawater. Pretty cool, eh. Heres a link explaining all of it in greater detail. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258

Looking at it now, it is sort of funny how people say we're all connected but we could'nt be any further apart. I am fleetingly reminded of how the early American colonists slaughtered,maimed, or silenced anyone with a different point of view on life. People have this strange dendency to wrap themselves in ingnorance and ridicule others for not sharing their stupidity. Some call themselves CEO's. Anyway, I went to a school Social and it was basically like another Halloween. All the prizes that you were absolutely certain of winning were candy. Oh, that and soda. Today I went to the library and my friend Ashwin was there too. I played a game of chess with him and his defences crumbled beneath my strategic fingers. Now I know what you're thinking. Isn't this about the your "cause" and what-not. Well I figured I'd get a little personalon you even if for a momment. Back to the main topic! I was meaning to ask you guys what you thought of the abortion policies that Obama is about let out. Leave your comments below.

Hello fellers. I got some really good news y'all. I have now officially converted my entire blog to Spanish. Whoohoo. Well, aside from that I'll give some you guys some green advice. Anyways, remember yesterday when I told you fellers about algae? Well, as it turns out, certain companies are investing in algea farms.Algea farms are relatively small portions of land that grow algae for fuel. Although it replaces the Carbon Dioxide in the air that it absorbed in the first place when it is burned, it eliminates the need for large farms to harvest corn based fuels, saving money and trees. In fact, the US Department of Energy states that if we all immediately went to algae fuels, the farms would probably only cover 17,000 acres. Although this is coming from wikipedia, so you can never be sure. Speaking of which, I meant to show you a link to the greatest wikipedia failures and one about algae farms.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article730025.ecehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html

Alrighty then. I'm first going to touch base on a little science. Never fear, nothing that that nasty biology teacher would assign you. It's pretty simple. Ok. Now, as you know, plants require Co2 right? Well, sometimes even plants vcannot consume the amount of Co2 we ( the evil humans :d) put in the air. Know this however, the more we keep our plants healthy and thriving, and keep making more, they can take care of the CO2 conundrum, one tree at a time. Now, that being said, one of these plants has a the name ''algea". Algea has the remarkable ability to consume large amounts of CO2

at a time. Crazy, huh? Well think about it. If we just dropped everyhing and started preserving them in little jars, we would be able to take a significant amount CO2 from the air. To do this, just find or buy an empty pickle jar or something like it start filling it with algea from a pond. If you don't know what algea looks like, here's a link and picture.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodieselhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_fuelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC9h78b2RM4http://en.wikipedia.org/wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_hydrogen_production/Ethanol_fuel