Image, left: The ΛCDM (Lambda cold dark matter) or Lambda-CDM model is a parametrization of the Big Bang cosmological model in which the universe contains a cosmological constant, denoted by Lambda (Greek Λ), associated with dark energy, and cold dark matter (abbreviated CDM). It is frequently...
Photo, left: Maple trees. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 2 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, by John Bradshaw (1 of 4) Saturday 2 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make...
Drawing, left: Makinder's Geographical Pivot of History JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 1 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Ian Morris, Stanford & Stratfor.com; in re: Halford Makinder [pron: MAK-inder] and the geography of modern history. (1 of 2) The Geographical Pivot of History,...
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Thursday 31 December 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security - senior Fellow and the Director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, in re: Spending defense dollars for the future. Inter al., in Retreat from Range: The...
Drawing, left: Aztec women are handed flowers and smoking tubes before eating at a banquet, Florentine Codex, 1500. Everyone's rooting for Harry Siegel to be able to quit smoking. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Guest-host: Francis Rose, francisrose.com Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com. Dr. David M...
Photo, left: (April 2015) Construction workers at a £9 billion cosmodrome in eastern Russian have resorted to extreme measures to appeal to Vladimir Putin after going four months without pay. Employees of TMK at the Vostochny spaceport were so exasperated at failing to receive their money that they...
Photo, left: Bandiagara Cliff Dwelling in Mali JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Guest-host: Francis Rose, francisrose.com Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes Hour One Monday 28 December 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Tom Joscelyn, LongWarJournal & FDD; Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal...
Drawing, left: The 1299 Battle of Homs (Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar). The Mongols under Ghazan defeated the Mamluks. Sections of Syria were held by French, English, Italian and German overlords between 1098 and 1189 AD during the Crusades and were known collectively as the Crusader states among...
Photo, left: A space elevator is a proposed type of space transportation system. Its main component is a ribbon-like cable (also called a tether) anchored to the surface and extending into space. It is designed to permit vehicle transport along the cable from a planetary surface, such as the Earth'...
Picture, left: Mshiho ethyledh, Christ Is Born, in Aramaic. - Assyrian Christmas hymn, "Christ Is Born": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YugwfkiJW_o - Assyrian Christmas hymn, "By Bethlehem," from The Church of the East, in Aramaic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2U7SnqAv5w&feature=youtu.be...