SpaceX’s Year of Fiery Triumphs and Explosive Failure
Maybe 2016 wasn’t your year. Buck up, at least your $60 million dollar rocket bearing a $200 million dollar payload…
2016 Was a Pivotal Year in the War on Climate Change
After Trump’s election, will other countries toss their emissions-cutting commitments, or sanction the US if it reneges on the Paris…
America Is Finally Ready to Change the Way It Talks About Drugs
2016 told a tale of two drugs, and how people using them circumvented the way America thinks about getting high.…
It’s Time for the Nobel Committee to Honor Climate Research
The best way to prove the scientific solidarity behind the fact the climate is changing is to award those who…
Nations Be Damned, the World’s Cities Can Take a Big Bite Out of Emissions
Regardless of what their home nations are doing, international cities are fighting against climate change. The post Nations Be Damned,…
Hollywood Lends Some of its Shine to Science at the 2017 Breakthrough Prizes
$25 million in prizes for advances is life science, fundamental physics, and mathematics were awarded December 5 in Silicon Valley.…
Magnets Aren’t Miracles, But Solar Flares Burst With Magic
A new paper shows how large magnetic fields burst to release massive amounts of energy. The post Magnets Aren’t Miracles,…
Why Japan’s 6.9 Quake Wasn’t 2011 All Over Again
The damage from yesterday’s quake, like its magnitude, was much lower than six years ago. The post Why Japan’s 6.9…
NOAA’s Newest Satellite Will Soon Deliver Hi-Res Weather Porn
GOES-R comes equipped with a 16 channel multispectral imager capable of delivering the hottest, high-resolution cloud-on-cloud action. The post NOAA’s…
Watch Three New Astronauts Launch to the International Space Station
A cosmonaut, an astronaut, and a … euronaut step into a space capsule. The post Watch Three New Astronauts Launch…