This week the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would have allowed researchers to do continued stem cell research. As promised, President Bush vetoed the bill a day after it passed in the senate. NPR provided a detailed time-line of the Stem-Cell Debate, noting that in...
Space Shuttle Discovery returned safely to Florida after a really important mission for NASA's astronaut corp, and the Space Station. After three space walks, transferring thousands of pounds of supplies, and removing trash, the astronauts "installed new equipment...
It wasn't the shot heard 'round the world, but for NASA it was an important success in its plan to help finish the contruction of the Space Station. It will take about 15 flights of the Space Shuttle from now until 2010, so today's flight was important in reaching...
It looks like NASA will be proceed with the launch on July 4 of the Space Shuttle Discovery. It will be the first time that a launch of astronauts has taken place on Independence Day. Let's hope that it proceeds as the astronauts hope. Imagine getting on that giant...
In several of the past few posts, I've written about global warming by calling attention to recent publications by Elizabeth Kolbert and Al Gore. In there view, the evidence is all around us and we need to take notice of its effects: increased rainfall in some areas...
In several of the past few posts, I've written about global warming by calling attention to recent publications by Elizabeth Kolbert and Al Gore. In there view, the evidence is all around us and we need to take notice of its effects: increased rainfall in some areas...
