A Treasure Trove of Planets

This is wild from NASA: Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby,...

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Oliver Sacks On Ripe Bananas

  “I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes” – Oliver Sacks on July 28, 1996 The renowned neurologist and...

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The Farthest

It is one of humankind’s greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and...

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Vaccine exemptions are on the rise in a number of US states

Stat: “Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that, while nonmedical exemptions (which includes...

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The History of Solar Energy, Going Back to 4,000 B.C.

Source: Visual Capitalist

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The Mystery of Galactic Orbits

Source: Wired

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Copernicus: Religious Figure, Astronomer, Scientist, Mathematician

Religious Figure, Astronomer, Scholar, Scientist, Mathematician (1473–1543) Nicolaus Copernicus – Beyond the Big Bang Source:...

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Climate Change is Costly; Serious Climate Policy is a Bargain

Climate Change is Costly; Serious Climate Policy is a Bargain Brian Deese, Jason Furman White House Blog, January 12, 2017    ...

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The Chemistry Behind Your Home’s Water Supply

ABC Source: Compound Interest

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Searching for the Origins of the Universe in Chile’s Desert

Chile may not jump right to mind as a technology hub. But it turns out that Chile is home to some of the world’s largest and most...

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