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The Magnificence of the Hubble Telescope Space Mission
May 19th, 2009
The mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is a magnificent and historically important event. The images coming to us from space as the astronauts work on repairing the telescope are beautiful, up close and personal and once again instill awe in those of us that watch.
For most of my …
A True Scientific Milestone
August 5th, 2008
Amidst all the chatter and news stories about who said what in the Presidential race and how SUVs have become undesirable, there was a story last week that will be one that 2008 will be remembered for, at least in the scientific community. NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander found ice on …
Maybe 55 Cancri is the Place
November 15th, 2007
All my life I have believed that there must be other intelligent life in the Universe. When you gaze upon the endless starry night it seems statistically impossible that there isn’t some form of intelligent life out there. It may not be human-like but life there must be. In a …
Sputnik: 50 Years Later
October 3rd, 2007
It was 50 years ago this week that the Russians launched Sputnik, the first man made satellite to orbit the earth. It changed the world. …
Future of Energy – Harnessing the Sun: Embarking on Humanity’s next Giant Leap
September 7th, 2007
In this seventh installment of our on-going series of interviews with some of the leading thinkers and scientists on the subject of energy, we interview Dr. Feng Hsu.
Facing and solving the multiple issues concerning energy is the single most pressing problem that we face as a species. There is a …
