There was an interesting "My Turn" essay in this week's Newsweek entitled Lessons in Life (Science) by Sally G. Hoskins, who teaches undergraduate biology. In the article, she informs us that one of major goals in the biology course she teaches is that her...
I watched the last half-hour and the final seven minutes of terror as the Mars Lander (Phoenix) approached and continued on into the Martian atmosphere entering at about 12,000 miles/hour, and slowed to 5 miles/hour and made a perfect landing: touchdown. What was...
On Sunday, soon after the finish of the Indianapolis 500 race, the Phoenix Mars Lander will approach the planet Mars and attempt a powered landing. Live coverage will be shown on NASA television with the descent to Martian surface beginning around 4:46 P.M. Eastern...
On Sunday, soon after the finish of the Indianapolis 500 race, the Phoenix Mars Lander will approach the planet Mars and attempt a powered landing. Live coverage will be shown on NASA television with the descent to Martian surface beginning around 4:46 P.M. Eastern...
What should our students and citizens know about earthquake preparedness? Certainly, the earthquake in China is prompting us to be able to answer these questions. I've only experienced three earthquakes, once many years ago in Columbus, Ohio, years later in San...
The Sichuan earthquake that occurred in China was, according to geologists, was a two stage quake, with the total duration of about 2 minutes. According to geologists at Tsukuba University, the quake was movement along the Longmenshan Fault that moved earth in two...
