The Hubble Telescope Deep Field surveys into the previously thought darkness of space opened our eyes to how expansive our universe really is. If the following video does not humble you and help you understand what a limited...
Our next contestant is 99942 Apophis. At half a mile wide, it could definitely do some serious damage no matter where it hit. the date for impact is April 2036
One of the things I found out about years ago that too many people have not heard of today is how you can use your computer's idle CPU time to advance science. It all started when the SETI...
From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.
~Tom Hanks(as Jim Lovell in the movie Ap0llo 13)
Almost 42 years ago, man accomplished something previously...
Perhaps the only science Murdoch truly believes in is the calculation of tv ratings and advertising rates.
Probably my favorite pop science series in the last few years is "Through the Wormhole" narrated by Morgan Freeman which examines the latest scientific theories and boldly relates them to questions of religion and spirituality.
One of my favorite segments in the series...
God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
~Stephen Hawking
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~Sarah Zettel
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I recently saw a vid on why we haven't encountered any signs of intelligent life in the universe. I can't cite any reference on the web regarding this information (sorry to say). Hopefully one of the commenters can fill...
The Higgs Boson aka the "God Particle" is the talk of the popular science community now because billions and billions of Euros were spend on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) so that it might be discovered. But maybe more...
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