Proton-smashing rapper Kate McAlpine youtubes about Large Hadron Collider
By William Atkins
Kate McAlpine, a former Michigan State University student, has a physics rap song about CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator. Collide with…
The 'œconflict lies in perception': Evolution and Creationism
By William Atkins
While growing up in Spain, Francisco Ayala attended Catholic schools. Young Ayala studied Evolution in science class and Creationism in religion class. Arguments did not…
Did you know? … That on August 20, 1960, the U.S.S.R. returned—for the first time—two live dogs from space and that, on August 20, 1977,…
'œRide, Boldly Ride': Why human space exploration is important!
By William Atkins
On July 24, 2008, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin gave a speech at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (University of West Florida) called “What…
Republican Senator John Warner recently suggested re-imposing a U.S. national speed limit to save gasoline. However, we won’t need a national speed limit if all…
Whether you believe it or not, the world is running out of oil. Scientists aren’t sure if the peak of oil production has already occurred…
An interesting blog from Florida Today concerns the topic as to whether NASA's top administrator Michael Griffin will stay at NASA after the next president—either…
MSNBC and LiveScience have teamed up to bring you “Weird Science,” the top unexplained phenomenon.
It takes a lot of effort and planning to launch manned or robotic missions throughout the solar system. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. With…
MSNBC states “Science sometimes gets twisted for the sake of a well-told story.” The website list ten disaster movies with improbable to impossible plots. Can we name more?
