Contrary to popular belief, the south of Malta is not Europe’s most southern point; that distinction belongs to the Greek island of Gavdos. It is even clear that the whole famous Greek island of Crete is more southern than any point of Malta. Malta’s highest point is at Ta’ Dmejrek on Malta Island at 253 [...]

The name can also be spelled as Moctezuma, and he was the ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico. Montezuma is particularly famous for his confrontation with Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador. He was the leader of the Aztec empire from 1502 until his death in the year 1520. During this time, the Aztec empire extended from [...]

We live in a scientific age. Millions of young people study science, thousands of universities teach it, and hundreds of publications chronicle it. We even have a cable channel devoted exclusively to its wonders. We are immersed in technology rooted in its discoveries. But what is science, and who was its first practitioner? Science is [...]

Absolutism means that the ultimate authority in the state is rested in the hands of a king who claims to rule by divine right. It is a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator and has complete and unrestricted power in government. Since the kings received their power from God, their [...]

Barriers to construction of a car made of magnesium alloys: Designing a lighter engine and car frame is the talk of the automobile industry. However, the car that is built of this stronger and lighter metal has yet to surface. Sure, magnesium has been used to create tire rims for decades. The magnesium block engine [...]

Where is the best place to grow grapes? Perhaps you are thinking of planting a vine or two, hoping for a sweet harvest to eat out of hand. Maybe you are considering testing your skill at wine making with grapes you have grown yourself. You will probably be happy to know that you do not [...]

The discovery of numerous celestial bodies within the Kuiper belt in our solar system sparked the great debate about how a planet is really defined. Once the International Astronomical Union determined what a new planet should be defined as, it left Pluto out in the cold, so to speak. While Pluto does have a few [...]

One of the most fascinating aspects of studying the universe beyond Earth is that of studying the solar system. In fact, one focus in recent years has been on the planet of Neptune. Quite a few facts have been established regarding this planet as of the year 2006: The surface of this planet drops as [...]

Mikao Usui was born on the 15th of August in 1865 in the village Taniai in Japan, not fare from where Nagoyo is today. His family had lived here for eleven generations and Mikao was born into the Tendai sect of Esoteric Buddhism. At a very young age he was sent to a Tendai monastery [...]

Sometimes, it is difficult to sort out just where your computer get’s its memory. Some think that the memory held inside a computer is all the same. In reality, your computer’s memory is held in a vast number of formats with each format of memory responsible for a particular type of function necessary for the [...]