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As you probably recall, I am a light science dabbler, someone who wishes she knew a lot more and had had the chance to study her favourite scientific subjects. My main love is astronomy and astrophysics, but I’m fascinated by things at the other end of the spectrum too, in the atomic realm. As a result, I [...] One hundred and twenty million miles travelled. Thirty-two flights. Twenty-five years. Retire now in peace and honour, Space Shuttle Atlantis. [...] If you read no other books in celebration of Earth Day, these two should be the ones you read: Geography of Hope, and Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit. [...] Of course, in Canada we can’t have a Pi day, because we write the date with the day first, and then the month. So 03-14 makes no sense, since there is no month that is “14.” So happy Pi Day, American friends! [...] I want to read this book, in a way, because it makes me afraid. But I feel like I need to know these things, and that somehow we have to force governments and megacorporations from going what they’re doing. [...] If you have even a moderate interest in the history of the space program, suit up, belt yourself in securely, and prepare for a fantastic ride. [...] Scientists need to communicate, too, if they are ever to get an audience. They have to stop appealing strictly to the head, and start pulling responses from the heart and the gut as well. [...] A wonderful day for the human race. Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon.
And another restored moment, Buzz Aldrin stepping onto the Moon.
Armstrong and Aldrin raise their flag on the Moon.
Oh noes! Zaphod Beelbebrox’s home star may already have exploded! Remember, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fans, that Beeblebrox as well as Ford Prefect supposedly come from a planet circling the giant red star, Betelgeuse, in the constellation of Orion. It turns out, according to an article in The Register, that Betelgeuse appears to have shrunk by 15% [...] |
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