We’re all interested in the space program. Many of us who came of age in its early days, had high hopes of making a personal visit to “The Last Frontier”. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened. The high cost of boosting anything into low Earth orbit (LEO), and several spectacular failures by NASA missions have conspired to keep us ground-bound common folk firmly in place. What is the future of space exploration? Nobody knows MORE>>

One of the solar system’s enduring mysteries is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. It’s the largest and longest lasting storm in the solar system. It appeared in the first drawings of Jupiter in the mid-1600’s and students of Galileo’s drawings and notes think he may have also seen it in the early 1600’s. It’s been swirling through Jupiter’s cloud decks for at least 300 years MORE>>

In 2004, sharks killed seven people worldwide ...and how many sharks did we kill? Around 50 million. Not much of a contest is it? And, by the way, just what is the most deadly animal as far as killing people and causing human deaths? Oh, that’s easy. The mosquito is directly responsible for killing at least 2 million people a year. So, which are you more afraid of, the mosquito or the shark MORE>>

Although we humans are definitely meat eaters, we also have a soft spot for the underdog. Sometimes animals ‘get their own’ in the constant struggle between animals and humans. The cow that escapes from the slaughterhouse truck, the turkey supposedly destined for the Thanksgiving table at the White house, the NASA chimps that have grown too old to serve; they all receive their reprieves. And when wild animals get the upper hand (or the prize), we invariably cheer MORE>>

All of us have been alarmed by the rising cost of health care. Many people here on Guam and elsewhere have been forced to the dangerous practice of discontinuing their medical insurance because they can no longer afford to make the payments. Not only does it put these people and their families in grave danger in case of serious illness or accident, it causes a huge moral and ethical dilemma MORE>>