I’m the first to admit that I’m snarky, sarcastic and goofy. But I’m also honestly optimistic about the future. Much of that is because I’ve seen some great stories come out of what was first a tragic set of circumstances.…
Yesterday, NASA held a pretty cool Google+ Hangout event with astronauts, NASA experts and some of the cast and crew of Star Trek Into Darkness. If you missed it yesterday, don’t worry. The entire presentation has been recorded for posterity.…
Check this out: NASA is playing host to a Google+ Hangout today, matching up J.J. Abrams, director of the new Star Trek films (the excellent 2009 reboot and the currently debuting Star Trek Into Darkness), screenwriter Damon Lindelof, three cast…
The microscopic world is fascinating and strange. Using some advanced techniques in clean rooms, we’ve made great strides into the nanoscale world using silicon and exotic metals. Engineers command computers to etch designs onto wafers — designs so small, not…
The marine scientist Cassandra Brooks has put together a really amazing time-lapse video, taking less than five minutes to show two months of progress aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, an NSF icebreaker, in the frozen Ross Sea. It is well…
