skunkbear: skunkbear: What makes fireworks colorful? It’s all thanks to the luminescence of metals. When certain metals are heated (over a flame or in a hot explosion) their electron… Read More

skunkbear: The Zika virus has gone from an obscure disease to an international public health emergency. Researchers have been able to trace the gradual spread of Zika — slowly for dec… Read More

skunkbear: David Bowie’s first hit single, Space Oddity, came out a week before humans first set foot on the moon.  Though I’m past one hundred thousand milesI’m feel… Read More