Scientists have been able to extract DNA from 19,000 year old fossilized egg shells raising the hopes that we can clone and re-create species that have long been extinct. But just because we can do a thing does it also mean we must?
03.12.10 | Featured, Science, Technology | Jason
After six incredible years of exploration, it seems that NASA’s Spirit Rover has reached the end of its mobility. That said, just because it can’t move anymore doesn’t mean the robotic explorer is going to be put down forever.
According to the news report on NASA’s website, Spirit is going to continue conducting scientific experiments as [...]
It seems that every six months or so somebody declares that the human race is at a crossroads and we need to choose which path to travel: one that results in the ultimate good for human kind, or one that is fraught with pain and suffering. As history has shown us time and again, humans [...]
01.13.10 | Climate Change, Featured, Science, Technology | Jason
The Russians have been quite active recently with regards to their space program. A little over a year ago saw the start of the Mars-500 project, pitting six people in a sealed off capsule against things like boredom and cabin fever, and next they plan on setting their sights on the red planet. Unlike their [...]
It seems like only yesterday that the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, instead dubbing the tiny rock a “Dwarf Planet.” However, here we are a little more than two years later and the American state of Illinois has returned the previous title of “planet” to the world discovered by [...]
Why is it that so many people feel that science and religion are mutually exclusive? While there is ample evidence of religion outright rejecting the findings of many of the world’s most formidable scientists, there is no solid reason to think that a person must choose one over the other. Or is there?
Yesterday [...]
How many computers have you owned in your life? I’ve owned sixteen x86-based systems, ten PDAs running PalmOS and Windows Mobile, and eight cell phones running everything from the barebones basics to the current TouchWiz OS on my new Samsung Omnia. As luck would have it, I’ve also had the opportunity to work on several [...]
12.23.08 | Science, Technology | Jason
Looking up at the azure sky, the primate watched for signs of a storm. The summer had offered a bountiful supply of roots, fruits and vegetables, but now it was time for the fall hunts to resume. The flame had gone out several weeks before, making game difficult or impossible to eat. [...]
According to recently declassified records dating back to the Cold War, two American F 86-D Saber attack jets were scrambled to confront an unidentified flying object in UK airspace during the spring of 1957. One of the pilots, Milton Torres, was only seconds away from firing a salvo consisting of two dozen rockets at the [...]
An interesting thing happened today: I spoke to a real rocket scientist. While this isn’t the first time I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a real-life superhero, it is the first time I’ve had the luxury of doing so in Japan. In the hour and a half that we were together, we [...]
10.11.08 | Home, Science, Technology | Jason
The body cannot take the stress,
and the distance is too far.
But it doesn’t stop the mind from thinking,
and making routes to the star.
A world was caught by camera today,
its shine a brilliant white.
This exoplanet is bigger than most,
in both mass and gravitational might.
Five hundred light-years away,
it’s not somewhere we’ll go.
Our technology is grand, but nothing [...]
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