The Trojan Origin of Roman Civilization (TORC)

Students have long struggled, often in vain, with the rules of Latin grammar.

Was Abderraouf Jdey the Anthrax Mailer?

A top secret Canadian Security Intelligence Service report leaked on August 27, 2004 may provide the missing piece of evidence needed to identify the long elusive Anthrax Mailer of 2001.

Theory of the Red Blood Cells

Intriguing Anomalies: An Introduction to Scientific Detective Work
[Citations to the scientific literature can be found in the original:  http://scientiapress.com/node/pbooks.]

Chapter 9
Theory of the Red Blood Cells

The Med Plus Diet (video)

Overweight?  The MED PLUS DIETcan help you lose weight in a slow but permanent way.

The Martian Hypothesis of Mass Extinctions

There's no shortage of candidates for the cause of the mass extinctions of prehistory.  But experts have found flaws in every one. 

Babylonian Astrology Reveals a World Turned Upside Down

While Babylonian skywatchers reported many details of celestial phenomena, it is argued that the astrologers of Babylon did not rely on actual observations. 

FBI v. Bruce Ivins: The Missing Pieces

           There are two sides to every story.  Judges rightly admonish juries to check out both sides before coming to a conclusion.  Our entire system of adversarial justice is built on this principle.

Scientific Detective Techniques

Wouldn't it be wonderful to master techniques that can lead to breakthroughs in your research?  No doubt you already have your own arsenal of qualitative methods, but we all can benefit from learning more.  For your consideration, here are four approaches to the various techniques used to arrive at the findings in the articles and books on this Website:

The Outer Solar System Origin of the Terrestrial Planets

The significant presence of water on Earth has long stood out as an anomaly in the formation of the solar system.  As a light molecule, water was generally pushed by solar wind out beyond the "snow line" around 4.5 AU (Astronomical Unit--the distance of Earth to the Sun) where it can be found in abundance in the ice giants Uranus and Neptune as well as in moons and comets. 

Great Serpent Mound Was an Effigy of Venus

 

The 420 meter-long Great Serpent Mound in Ohio is the world's largest effigy monument.