Japan Delivers Whiskey to Space Station_ for Science
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spirits arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. Not the ghostly ones, but […]
Monthly Archives: August 2015
The Widening World of Hand-Picked Truths
By GEORGE JOHNSON More than ever, the best available science doesn’t seem to change minds in a civilization […]
The Inexorable Forces of Nail Growth
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY It’s like the movement of a tectonic plate at the end of your finger, […]
Dione, Rings, Shadows, Saturn
What’s happening in this strange juxtaposition of moon and planet? First and foremost, Saturn’s moon Dione was captured […]
Daily Activity Summary for August 24, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for August 24, 2015: Total steps: 4632 Calories burned: 2134 Traveled: […]
Do You Have Math Anxiety?
By Unknown Author You may not like taking a quiz to measure your math anxiety. But don’t worry. […]
How a Volcanic Eruption in 1815 Darkened the World but ...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD Investigators are still struggling to understand the most powerful eruption in recorded history, which […]
Daily Activity Summary for August 24, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for August 24, 2015: Total steps: 4624 Calories burned: 2132 Traveled: […]
Two Panda Cubs at the National Zoo Present Special Problems
By KATIE ROGERS Raising healthy twins is a unique problem for the zoo’s mother panda: Only two mother […]
Walter Munk, ‘Einstein of the Oceans,’ at 97
By KATE GALBRAITH From forecasting waves in World War II to using ocean sounds to measure climate change, […]