Breakthroughs Today

Science provides a never-ending source fascination to the mind that awes at the unfathomable beauty of nature. Among those sciences, a few that strike me with wonder are astronomy, archaeology, biology, and medicine. You will notice that these fields covers the full spectrum of science, from the endless expanse of the outer space in astronomy to the microscopic cosmos of medical science. Last January 10, photographer Per-Arne Mikalsen captured a "phenomenon" that may not be fully explained with full certainty... until maybe later in the distant future. On Jan. 20, 2010, Per-Arne Mikalsen was photographing a vast aurora erupting over the northern Norwegian town of Andenes. Because solar activity is on the increase, aurora spotters have many opportunities to see the Northern Lights. On this particular night the aurora was intense, stretching toward the southern latitudes of Norway. In one of the photographs taken by Mikalsen was an "object" that couldn't b

Sometimes a person has to choose between health and money, at times life and death in the pursuit financial well-being for self and family. And in the history of world boxing, the cost indeed can be very high. A slice of Z "The Dream" Gorres' skull remains stored in a biologic refrigeration system at a facility outside San Diego. The piece of bone, about the size of a man's hand, had to be removed after the bantamweight boxer's Nov. 13 fight at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues. The 27-year-old's battered brain needed room to swell, according to University Medical Center trauma surgeon Dr. Michael Casey. Had the opening not been made, the swelling within the tight confines of his skull would have compressed his brain stem, shut down his breathing and also his heart. He would have died. Read more.

Jan 27 Ermine of Her Soul (posted 01/26/2010) Jan 20 A Text of Indifference to Life (posted 01/19/2010) [used in--- Kabalita (newslink)] Jan 13 A Respite to Appreciation (posted 01/12/2010) Jan 6 A Rendezvous with Alcohol, Fat, and Destiny (posted 01/05/2010) [used in--- Medical Center Literatus News ]