Maria Blogs

Just when right whales and pods of dolphins swim through the bay in Cape Cod, basking in the sun and rich feeding ground, giving spectacular nature “shows” in the afternoons to visitors flocking the beaches of Provincetown, mink, otter, bird life and commercial fishing on the gulf coast states of Florida and Louisiana face major [...]

Think old style black telephones.
Phenolic resins, originally known as Bakelite, was invented by Dr. Leo Baekeland in 1907, effectively the first plastic sold. Though it is not widely used in consumer products these days because of its labor intensive and brittle nature, phenolics is still widely used as an industrial component. These days, Interstate [...]

Of course you do =)
Guess what, we can do something today to show her how much we love her. You know, pause for just a bit to let her know we care even if we keep forgetting to tell her like 90% of the time?
Earth hour started this morning [night time in other parts of [...]

The weather across the continental United States is just plain flipping out. Southern California is burning and as of the last time I looked at the news [at past 2pm US EDT], there had been around 1,000 homes already burned down and thousands more threatened. Malibu is burning, yes, tita kasama ang bahay ng artista [...]

It’s supposed to be “officially” Spring — that wet, planting season that gives people spring fever, feverishly cleaning the cupboards and planting bulbs in the garden — but why are there still tornadoes wreaking havoc on the Rockies and into the Plains? According to the Houston Chronicles, sixty-five tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, [...]