Making the decision to custom build a swimming pool in your backyard is very exciting!

For those that are lucky enough to have a pool, pool maintenance is part of the package.

For those that are lucky enough to have a pool, pool maintenance is part of the package.

The tropical rainforest is a unique ecosystem that is home to many plants and animals, in fact more plants and animals than we even know about. The plants found in the tropical rainforest produce much of the oxygen that is essential for our planet. In addition, many of the plants have unique healing properties against illness and disease.

Evolution theory teaches that survival is for the fittest living organism. What is life? What is fit? And what does it mean to survive? Well, there are many definitions of course. A useful definition, in scientific perspective, is the one that allow us to analyze myriads things with fewest principles. So here they are. A living organism is a class of objects that share 3 traits. 1. Reproduce. Living organism can make copies. 2. Inherit. Living organism, in the pr...

We all learn evolution theory in schools. Well most of us do. However, what's taught in schools are just basic. What most people, especially religious fundamentalists do not want you to know is that evolution theory can very naturally explain human nature. It's not in school. So I'll tell you here. I'll start from the least shocking conclusions first and then we'll go to the most politically incorrect ones people have been trying to hide from you. Why Cheetah run fas...

Many a person, myself included, has gone on and on about the benefits of solar energy. While theoretical arguments are always interesting, what about daily applications?

What are the steps that can be taken to ensure the survival of the fragile ecosystem of a freshwater lake that has been threatened by external factors of pollution? Will the lake which has been teeming with fishes, frogs, snakes, even cobras be rehabilitated so that the frogs will sing again? Learn how in the case of Tasek Chini, a freshwater lake in the tropical forests of Malaysia is being rehabilitated, and how this can be applied to any other lake elsewhere in the world.

Sue Anne is a single divorced mother of 2 children. She works hard every workday as a customer service representative in a large office pool, to make sure her children have a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs, and food in their belly. She doesn't have a retirement plan, nor can she hardly afford a college loan plan for her 16 year old daughter, who will be going to college soon.