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Space: the final frontier 2009 – 15
July 23, 2015, Comments Off on Space: the final frontier 2009 – 15

See also NASA Mars ; space.com   23 July NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth NASA’s K ...

Arctic & Antarctic: Science and technology
March 21, 2015, 1 Comment

TED Talk James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss Chasing Ice and Watch the the trailer The Extent of Winter Se ...

Canada 2013-2014 Science & Technology
April 14, 2014, 3 Comments

Fraser Institute marks Earth Day by publishing its dumbest report yet (Press Progress) According to the Fraser Institute ...

Higgs bosun
January 1, 2013, Comments Off on Higgs bosun

Higgs boson was just a start for Cern’s atom smasher – other mysteries await The Large Hadron Collider will shut ...

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) – bad news & good news
December 10, 2012, 2 Comments

2012 10 December Google makes MIT professor’s dream of “$100 laptop” a reality (Reuters) – Googl ...

The Concorde
November 29, 2012, Comments Off on The Concorde

Concorde website with photos and news of where individual aircraft are now displayed Good historical overview Concorde c ...

Mars
January 8, 2012, 1 Comment

Exploring Mars Historic pictures sent from Mars; space.com Mars500 mock mission reveals dangers of long space flights Fl ...

The Role of Values in Driving Climate Disputes
August 31, 2011, Comments Off on The Role of Values in Driving Climate Disputes

Andrew Revkin: Dot Earth Reacting to yesterday’s piece on how better definitions of terms could help clarify climate d ...

Knowledge, Networks and Nations
March 30, 2011, Comments Off on Knowledge, Networks and Nations

Knowledge, networks and nations surveys the global scientific landscape in 2011, noting the shift to an increasingly mul ...

Wednesday Night #1507
January 19, 2011, 1 Comment

John Jonas, having had a very successful cataract operation, is back with Holly to offer his usual clear-eyed analysis o ...