Bob CollinsIf you paid attention in science class, you’ve probably already spotted the flaw in the story.
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There’s a little bit of good news for the Monarch butterfly. Initial estimates from their winter grounds suggest there are more arriving this year than last year. That would appear to confirm evidence in these parts over the summer that there were more Monarchs around than in previous years. Read more →
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is a pretty brilliant guy, so he must’ve known what he was doing when he posted this tweet on Christmas Read more →
This is the time of the year when a few long-held beliefs of childhood get exposed (wink wink) and now today comes another: the pilot of your delayed flight really can’t make up time in the air to offset the delay on the ground. Read more →
Someday, old-timers will tell the children bouncing on their knee about the days when astronauts needing a tool had to wait until a space ship from Earth had to bring it to them.
That day is at hand, apparently. Read more →
The nation’s space program is less a science effort than a jobs program.
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In the event there was still any doubt, a couple of researchers today say they’ve got proof men are stupider than women. Read more →
We can think of no better way to start a work week than with a video of the launching a porta-potty into the atmosphere. Just because…
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The news today that the newborn gorilla at the Como Zoo has died brings two images to mind for us. Read more →
Matt Taylor made the mistake of wearing a shirt showing women in bondage when he took part in a briefing on the Rosetta mission, which this week landed a spacecraft on a comet.
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The big news in science today is that a guy smart enough to help land a spaceship on a comet was dumb enough to wear this shirt to talk about it.
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Today’s attempt to land a space probe on a comet tests whether space exploration is still capable to inspiring people on terra firma.
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Depending on the reliability of witnesses, there were one or two fireballs reported over Minnesota and Wisconsin at about the same time last night. Read more →
There’s a bit of hypocrisy in the green movement’s approach to the coming elections. Read more →
Birds are having a tough time this with week with the two area newspapers. Read more →