EnvironmentAs Covid-19 Continues, Deforestation in the Amazon Soars While the limelight is on in the Covid-1p epidemic, the forests in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are quietly growing. The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian…
EnvironmentExtremely Dark Lunar Eclipse a Millenium Ago Was Likely Caused By a Japanese Volcano During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow slowly covers the moon. When it is completely covered, the moon acquires a distinct red color due…
EconomicsExpansionary Policy In order to stimulate the economy and encourage economic development, expansionary policy is a form of macroeconomic policy that is introduced. It is often referred…
EnvironmentApril 2020 Tied With 2016 as the Warmest April on Record The European Union’s climate monitoring network has announced that April 2020 is the warmest April since the record began. This latest announcement adds to the…
Geographic MineralsMusgravite: Properties and Occurrences Musgravite is an extremely rare member of the taaffeite family that was discovered in 1967 in the Musgrave Range of South Australia. It is also…
EconomicsPlatform Capitalism Platform capitalism refers to the activities of companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Uber, Airbnb, and others to operate as platforms. All around us,…
ArchitectureCamp Of Diocletian, Syria A late Roman extension to the ancient city of Palmyra (تدمر), in the Syrian Desert, was the Camp of Diocletian (معسكر ديوقلسيان). The complex was…
ChemistryHeck reaction – a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction The Heck reaction is the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between alkenes, and aryl or vinyl halides (or triflates) to afford substituted alkenes. It is an organic…
ChemistryPalladium – a chemical element Palladium is a precious gray-white metal, palladium is extremely ductile and easily worked. It is a chemical element with the symbol Pd and atomic number…
ManagementChain Network in Business Communication In a chain network, individuals communicate in a set sequence. Here each member communicates with the person above and below. Communication starts at the top,…
FinanceShort Refinance A short refinancing is a refinancing agreement that serves a particular purpose; it is a financial concept that refers to a lender’s refinancing of a…
FinanceDelinquent Mortgage A delinquent mortgage is a home loan on which, as required in the loan documents, the borrower has failed to make payments. If a scheduled…