The first three years of life are a period of incredible growth in all areas of a baby’s development. A newborn’s brain is about 25 percent of its approximate adult weight. But by age 3, it has grown dramatically by producing billions of cells and hundreds of trillions of connections, or synapses, between these cells. […] Read more

This is the story of a small planet in space called Earth.
Today it has mighty oceans; scorched deserts; and frozen wilderness.
It supports a multitude of diverse creatures, and is home to more than 6 billion people and their technological civilization. But how did all this come about? Where do we come from? Until recently, Earth […] Read more

Pulled and pushed by forces deep within the planet, the Pacific plate is sliding northwest past North America at an average of about 2 inches a year – roughly the same rate as fingernails grow. But movement along the fault usually occurs in bursts. Along most of the fault, the colder, more rigid rocks near […] Read more

All around the world, mountains are on the rise. And in few places, this does happen more swiftly than in highly populated Southern California, where shifting tectonic plates cause periodic catastrophe. Each earthquake raises the mountains a few inches sometimes feet, which makes the place a Mecca for geothermologists like Dr. Frank Wireick. But the […] Read more

Where in the Pacific Northwest Will the Next Monstrous Earthquake Strike? By Dan Robitzski November 27, 2017 Planet Earth Scientists have known that The Really big One, a monstrous 9.0-magnitude earthquake, may hit the Pacific Northwest within the next several decades. New geological research just determined that the quake  is likely to strike northern Oregon or Washington State. The […] Read more

All around the world mountains are on the rise. And in few places does this happen more swiftly than in highly populated Southern California, where shifting tectonic plates cause periodic catastrophe. Each earthquake raises the mountains a few inches sometimes feet, which makes the place a Mecca for geothermologists like Dr. Frank Wireick. But the […] Read more

Pulled and pushed by forces deep within the planet, the Pacific plate is sliding northwest past North America at an average of about 2 inches a year – roughly the same rate as fingernails grow. But movement along the fault usually occurs in bursts. Along most of the fault, the colder, more rigid rocks near […] Read more

Entertaining at home doesn’t have to be stressful. In this series of lessons, we’ll teach you the secrets of a company clean home as well as the ins and outs of hosting parties, and many other helpful hints. One of the most important aspects of having a successful party is making your home presentable. This […] Read more

Notes: Samples are from different chapters, and were used to audition a narrator for Bobby Adair’s Ebola K book, available on Amazon. Book is a free download, so if you wanted to practice with the entire book, check Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, or Barnes & Noble. Characters Austin is a college-aged American kid, on a study […] Read more