(Image by Shutterstock/muratart.)Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Existentialism, Global Warming, Green TechThankfully, we're not. Hat tip to Marvel, and Rotten Tomatoes. Scientists aren’t superheroes. Or are they? Superheroes defend the…
Image source: AZ Quotes Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights, Politics Though hundreds of C.E.O.s signed on to defending voting rights in principle, many notable omissions did not, like the C.E.O. of Walmart, Warren…
Creators Brian Haberlin and David Hine take "Jules Verne's Lighthouse" into the depths of deep space piracy starting this April. (Image credit: Image Comics)Topics: History, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Spaceflight Widely considered to be the…
Artist's conception of GN-z11, the earliest known galaxy in the universe. Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Topics: Astrobiology, Evolution, Existentialism, Exoplanets About 15 million years after the big bang, the entire universe…
The first mission of the Space Shuttle Program, STS-1, blasts off from launch pad 39A on April 12, 1981, attempting to kick off a new era of rapid access to space.Topics: History, NASA, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Space Shuttle In April 1981,…
Feynman QED Diagram: FermilabTopics: Modern Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics Solving a mystery More than 200 scientists from around the world are collaborating with Fermilab on the Muon g-2 physics experiment which probes fundamental…
Which states have dropped mask mandates and why, Marlene Lenthang, Yahoo NewsTopics: Biology, COVID-19, Dark Humor, Existentialism, Mathematics, Politics Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is seen in a close-up taken by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. This image was taken on April 5, 2021, the 45th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.Credits:…
Inside the B.1.1.7 Coronavirus Variant, By Jonathan Corum and Carl ZimmerJan, The New York Times, January 18, 2021Topics: Biology, COVID-19, DNA, ResearchVariantReported cases in the USNumber of Jurisdictions…
Observations of clouds, sunbeams, and birds—like those seen in this photo taken in Salisbury, UK—were important elements of classical weather forecasting. (Image courtesy of Peter Lawrence.)Topics: History, Meteorology, ResearchIn August 1861 the…
Topics: Asteroids, Biology, Evolution, ResearchNote: Working on two reviews, and my research proposal. It's a very busy writing semester.Dinosaur and fossil aficionados are intimately familiar with the meteorite strike that drove Tyrannosaurus…
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, DNA, Nobel Prize, Research, Women in Science This year’s (2020) Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two scientists who transformed an obscure bacterial immune mechanism, commonly called CRISPR, into a tool that…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Climate Change, COVID-19, Democracy, Existentialism, Human Rights Thank you, Reginald! You're all signed up for "(1st Dose) COVID - 19 Vaccine Clinic." Vaccine Appointment 03/11/2021 (Thu.) 1:45pm - 2:00pm EST Location:…