Near Earth Objects; the database designed to save humanity
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October 18, 2017
The media love natural disasters, even those that don’t exist. Last week (early October, 2017),
Category: Planetary geology
The origin of life: Panspermia, meteorites, and a bit of luck
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October 10, 2017
In the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey (1968), Neanderthal-like folk are scrounging for
The intriguing paradox of global warming piggybacking on global cooling
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September 27, 2017
Flood, fire, drought … We have, by luck and muddled management, thwarted pestilence, but it
Io; Zeus’s fancy and Jupiter’s moon
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August 31, 2017
Zeus, the head-honcho of assorted Greek gods, heroes, nymphs, and mortals, was chiefly the God
Life on Mars; what are we searching for?
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August 17, 2017
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less
Which satellite is that? What does it measure?
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July 24, 2017
Space may well be the final frontier (there are one or two on earth that
Volcanism does not cause glaciations; let’s turn this statement on its head
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June 19, 2017
Is there a relationship between volcanism and glaciation? It is almost a truism that volcanic
A measure of the universe; Renaissance slide-rules and Heavenly spheres
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May 13, 2017
Measurement is a cornerstone of science, in fact of pretty well everything we do: How
Galileo’s finger
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May 6, 2017
“Their final resting place…” a sepulchral phrase, redolent of a fate that awaits us all.
A Watery Mars; Canals, a duped radio audience, and geological excursions
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March 21, 2017
Deceptive news is the art of pulling wool over the eyes of the populace, a
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