Science & Technology
TRIVIA TEST
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 16:33GEOGRAPHY: Which two countries have claimed part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus?
2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of creature is a kookaburra?
3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the Koh-i-noor?
4. POETRY: What was poet Octavio Paz's earlier profession?
5. RELIGION: Which religion espouses the Eightfold Path?
6. OLYMPICS: A "salchow" jump is employed in which winter sport?
7. HISTORY: How many banks of oars were used in an ancient warship called the trireme?
8. SYMBOLS: What is the shape of a trefoil?
9. SCIENCE: What is phototropism?
Hole-some Reading
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 11:41By Vince Morabito European scientists are hard at work developing something called a Large Hadron Collider that they hope will provide some long-awaited answers about the origins of the universe.
Observatory Soon To Begin Fall Program
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 11:57The Thomas G. Cupillari ’60 Astronomical Observatory will begin its fall program on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and will continue each Wednesday and Friday evening through Friday, Nov. 14.
The astronomical programs will feature an illustrated lecture and weather-permitting, observation through telescopes.
The main objects planned for observation include the Moon; the planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune; various double stars; star clusters; nebulae and galaxies.
