No one understands marine performance like your local Mercury authorised dealer. They employ factory-trained experts and master technicians ready to help maximize your time on the water. Replace your old outboard engine with a Mercury one and experience faster boating, enhanced fuel economy and superior handling. All 130 Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Boating Center locations feature…
Automobile designers of the 1950s drew inspiration from space travel for their designs. This resulted in cars featuring towering tail fins, rocket-inspired cockpits and unique features such as power-operated gullwing doors that made ingress and egress much simpler; some even featured scalloped trim pieces coated in gold anodizing to complete their space-age aesthetics. It’s a…
Thimerosal was used as a mercury-containing preservative in some vaccines until there were concerns that these vaccines may cause autism, prompting its removal from most children’s vaccinations by 2001. This study explored the relationship between copper, lead and mercury concentration in hair and nail samples from children with autism and controls. Results demonstrated no correlations….
Mercury oxide decomposes when exposed to heat, producing elemental mercury and liquid metal mercury in an orderly and balanced chemical reaction that was conducted by Antoine Lavoisier who studied chemical reactions as well as classifying substances into elements and compounds. Mercury(II) sulfide is a dense black or red crystalline solid used to produce zinc-mercuric oxide…
Mercury was known to play tricks on his fellow Olympian gods, such as often playing tricks with them. To protect himself he often carried around a winged helmet created for him by Vulcan and accompanied by either a caduceus (staff with two snakes entwined into its coils), or his symbolic animal–cockerels or rams representing fertility….
At the recent National College Media Convention, The Mercury earned college journalism’s top award, the Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker award. Beating out entries from schools such as Midwestern State University to win this coveted prize was no easy task but director of student media Chad Thomas noted it demonstrated the excellence of students on…
Many people eat fish as part of a healthy diet, but certain varieties contain high levels of mercury, which may be dangerous for developing fetuses and young children. Good news is that most popular fish species contain low amounts of mercury and pose little threat to most individuals. According to FDA recommendations, pregnant women should…
Mercury released into the air from coal-fired power plants, burning household waste or mining ore deposits can reach soil and water resources where bacterial processes may transform it into organic mercury-methylmercury forms. Methylmercury travels up the food chain, poisoning fish and wildlife that humans then ingest as well as finding its way into our drinking…
Mercury governs communication, and approximately three to four times every year it appears to move backwards – this phenomenon is known as Mercury Retrograde periods. Mercury Retrograde spans nine weeks and runs between Sagittarius and Capricorn, creating an alternating back-and-forth motion, offering the opportunity to review goals and dreams, according to McCord. Now is an…
