Lunar plants, we hardly knew ye. Earlier this month, China made history with their Chang’e 4 mission by being the first country to successfully soft land a rover on the far side of the moon. Previous lunar soft landings had been on the side of the moon that is always visible to Earth (as it […] More
While the United States government remains in a shut down state, China’s government is busy sprouting plants on the far side of Earth’s moon. China’s Chang’e probe — which made history last week when it sent back the first ever images from that distant part of the moon, was sent on a mission to experiment […] More
(I would love to see us move away from calling them "conspiracy theories" because they are in fact *not* theories. They're failed hypotheses.)
— Dan Broadbent (@aSciEnthusiast) December 2, 2020
With so much misinformation and outright falsehoods about Covid-19 running rampant, I thought it would be worthwhile to create a sort of go-to guide for engaging your friends, family, and random people on the internet who are spreading failed Covid-19 conspiracy hypotheses. As an aside, I also encourage you to stop referring to them as […] More
Plastic pollution has been found in practically every environment on the planet, with especially severe effects on ocean life. Plastic waste harms marine life in many ways – most notably, when animals become entangled in it or consume it. We work as scientists and rehabilitators at The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and Sea Turtle Hospital at the University of Florida. Our […] More
Last week, India intentionally destroyed one of its own satellites in orbit around Earth with a missile, resulting in a large field of space junk currently orbiting Earth. NASA has called the act a “terrible, terrible thing” that has created an “unacceptable” threat to the crew currently aboard the International Space Station. In a town hall held yesterday, NASA […] More
Wow. That was rough. Typically when presidents address the nation on prime time TV from the Oval Office, they’re discussing incredibly important issues. It’s where John F. Kennedy told the nation about Russian missiles in Cuba. George W. Bush addressed the nation after the September 11th attacks. Ronald Reagan addressed the Challenger disaster. You know, […] More
Jellyfish are beautiful creatures. We live near enough to LegoLand that every year or so my wife and I like to take our sons to the aquarium they have at the park. One of our favorite exhibits is the jellyfish exhibit. We love taking our boys in there and watching the tanks filled with jellyfish. […] More
One of my favorite things is to watch people who are hopelessly lost when it comes to technology try to understand technology. To be completely fair, it’s not their fault. There’s a lot to know about, especially when it comes to SEO (search engine optimization). SEO is why you see a lot of internal linking and linkbacks on websites, […] More
Full disclosure: I want a Tesla car. I’m not yet set on the model, but I’m planning on ordering a Tesla sometime next year. So yeah, I’m a bit of a fanboy at this point but hey, at least I’m honest about it. That’s why when I saw this article written by Mike Brown for […] More
I’ve had the great pleasure this year of getting invited by NASA to not just one, but two different rocket launches this year. Left: SpaceX’s TESS launch on April 18th, 2018 and Orbital ATK’s (now Northrop Grumman) Right: OA-9 ISS resupply mission on May 21st, 2018 If you ever have a chance to go […] More
First off, we can definitively say that climate change is real. It’s just not a debate. There are no “climate change skeptics,” there are denialists and then there are those who recognize that climate change is happening. Got it? Are we all on the same page now? Great. It goes without saying that it’s cold […] More
Investigating The Tea Genome And How To Make More Flavorful Tea Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Even more so than coffee, tea is the most popular drink in the world, barring alcohol itself. Its history stretches back thousands of years and across dozens of […] More
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