Science
This section contains any scientific musings or essays I've written over the years, many during my time studying Physics with Astrophysics at York University.
Ball Lightning
Ball lightning is a phenomenon that has been reported for many hundreds of years all over the world, yet even to this day there is no definite scientific explanation for it. The failure to even prove its existence means it is more at home in books such as 'Mysteries of the Unexplained' and 'UFOs, Crop Circles and other Strange Phenomena' rather than a school textbook. This is not to say that there has been no serious scientific discussion; indeed, there are many theories and hypotheses put forward to explain ball lightning, yet none are considered to be conclusive and there is no generally accepted physical theory.
Forces of Nature
Everyone is familiar with the story of Isaac Newton and how he came up with the theory of gravity, though Newton himself merely said he saw an apple falling. Gravity is perhaps the best known of the major forces, since we come across it every day of our lives. But what is a force? Simply it is an interaction between particles. There are many different forces but most of these can be explained as special cases of the four main forces, and even these four are thought to be different aspects of the same force.
