I still remember clearly when I was 12 years old in July 20, 1969, watching the first moon landing on TV. I was in Germany then, so it was around 2:00am. I had special permission by my parents to stay up. Even as a 12-year-old I was aware that I was witnessing history, the first steps [...]
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U.S. Space Travel in 2012
Posted in Political, Science, Technology, tagged human space travel, moon landings, SpaceX, U.S. Space Program on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Chicken Sexing
Posted in Need to Know, Science on May 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
While reading Moonwalking with Einstein, by Joshua Foer, I learned about chicken sexing, a real-world issue I never even knew about. As with most higher order animal species in the world, about 50% of all individuals are born male and the other female. Female chickens are highly useful. We eat them as “chicken” and they [...]
Discovery to Final Resting Place
Posted in Science on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Picture credit to Bernie Sanders’ Blog. Many more photographs in the Orlando Sentinel.
Hiking the Palomar Observatory Trail
Posted in Hikes, Nature, Science on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Observatory Trail on Palomar Mountain is a wonderful quick hike to do at any time when you want to get away from the crowds and enjoy a little bit on nature – and science – without having to make big plans. Black Friday was just such a day, and Jack, Devin and I packed [...]
Final Shuttle Flight – the End of an Era
Posted in Commentaries, History, Science on July 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was a twelve-year-old boy when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969. I was awed. An entire generation of children around the world were awed. Many of the U.S. astronauts are now younger than I am and they may have been too young to be there to watch that momentous step. For [...]
Want to be a Billionaire? Download a Hot Dog
Posted in Business, Commentaries, Science on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Check this out and tell me if we didn’t just get a step closer?
Tour of the International Space Station
Posted in Science on May 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Inside Look. Turn the volume down so you don’t have to listen to the stupid music. It goes down to bearable levels after about 2:30 minutes. After being fascinated, I glanced at the youtube comments below the video and discovered that 99% of the comments are asinine, moronic, ignorant, puerile, boorish and bigotrish (where [...]
The Climate Zombie Caucus
Posted in Science on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Half the new Republican members of Congress do not believe that global warming is real, or that, if it is, it’s caused by human activity. Fly over any part of the world today and look down. Do you see the massive scars humans left on the planet? Do you think that humans could make those scars [...]
Geoengineering to Solve Global Warming?
Posted in Crack-Ups, Energy, Political, Science on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
USA Today released an article on February 25 titled Can Geoengineering put the Freeze on Global Warming. Its companion article online is here. The article suggests that massive engineering projects like sunshades, stratospheric sulfur, agri-engineering and ocean fertilization could make enough of a dent in the purported global warning, like lowering the earth’s temperature by one [...]
Steve Forbes on Global Warming
Posted in Business, Commentaries, Science on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of Forbes and former presidential candidate has a loud voice and a large pulpit to speak from: the magazine that bears the names of his ancestors. In his lead column, Fact & Comment, he routinely touts the benefits of market economies, conservative policies, and the capitalist system. With his access to [...]
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