Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The Politicization Of Global Warming

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Photo : Dr. William Happer (Source: Princeton University) Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science "Mistaken" -- Daily Te...

Remembering Apollo 8, Man's First Trip To The Moon

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Apollo 8 astronauts (l. to r.) William Anders, Jim Lovell and Frank Borman train in the command module one month before their mission. Franc...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Scientists Doubt Inventor's Global Cooling Idea — But What If It Works?

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Ron Ace has filed for a patent on a way to prevent global warming. George Bridges / MCT From McClatchy: WASHINGTON — Ron Ace says that his ...

SpaceShipTwo’s Carrier Makes First Flight

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Virgin Galactic's twin-fuselage White Knight Two carrier airplane takes to the air for the first time on Sunday after weeks of taxi test...

Facts Melted By 'Global Warming'

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Butterflies and polar ice are enlisted in warmist cause Photo: Getty From The Telegraph: Something very odd had happened to the daily upda...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Obama Names 4 Top Members Of Science Team

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In this Oct. 17, 2007 file photo, John Holdren, professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy in the Department of Earth and Planetar...

Why Does War Breed More Boys?

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From PopSci: Surge of male babies in wartime is due to a male gene, says evolution researcher A curious shift occurs during and right after ...

Reproduction Of 2,100-Year-Old Calculator Deepens Mystery

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From Net Work World: The model of the Antikythera Device is based on the latest discoveries of the mysterious mechanism A new working model ...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Is The Internet Going Down? Undersea Sub-Cables Have Just Broken

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From Times Online/Tech Central: Breaking news: something's happening to the internet, right now. We're just not quite sure what. Int...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Obama Team Raises New Questions About NASA’s Plans To Replace The Shuttle

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From Discovery: NASA officials have long pronounced themselves ready to move on from the aging space shuttles, which could be retired as soo...

Cosmic Rays Do Not Explain Global Warming, Study Finds

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Changes in cosmic rays are not likely to contribute to climate change. (Credit: iStockphoto) From Science Daily: ScienceDaily (Dec. 17, 2008...

Stealthy Cats' Achilles Heel Discovered

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From Live Science: The stealth and balance that cats are known for when they move comes at the expense of energy efficiency, a new study fin...

Scientists Find Way To Turn Cheap Plonk Into Premium Wine

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From The Daily Mail: Scientists have found a quick way to turn cheap plonk into something pleasantly drinkable. With a burst of electricity,...

Good News For Wind, Bad For Ethanol In Major Energy Study

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From Ars Technica: Growing concerns over climate change and energy security have kicked research on alternative energy sources into high gea...

10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

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From Reuters: Daily habits can affect our well-being. Here are 10 simple actions that research has shown makes people feel good. In the last...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

One More Mystery To Think About

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Mystery: Archeologists have uncovered a 100-year-old watch in a tomb believed to have been undisturbed for 400 years Mystery As Century-Old ...
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"First Contact With Inner Earth": Drillers Strike Magma

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A collapsed vent allows hot lava to peek through solidified rock at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in an undated photo. For the first time on ...

Earth's Original Ancestor Was LUCA, Not Adam Nor Eve

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From E! Science News: Here's another argument against intelligent design. An evolutionary geneticist from the Université de Montréal, to...

Astronomers Use Ultra-sensitive Camera To Measure Size Of Planet Orbiting Star

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When the planet WASP-10b crosses the disk of its star, WASP-10, the brightness of the star decreases, allowing scientists to measure the pre...

Want A Retired Space Shuttle? They're Up For Grabs

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From Yahoo News/AP: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's soon-to-be-retired space shuttles are up for grabs. The space agency said Wednesday it...