
Discovery Space I still can't believe "Climategate" is big news... but obviously some conspiracy nuts are hellbent on publishing their opinions on the matter. So here's mine.
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When discussing man-made climate change (or anthropogenic global warming), I often drift into unfamiliar (and sometimes disturbing) territory. That territory

Discovery Space I have no comment. This is simply too awesome for text...
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After the early announcement on Friday that CERN had successfully circulated the first protons around the 17 mile-long ring of the Large Hadron Collider

Discovery Space
Robots make for tough space explorers. But if we use them
exclusively for exploring the cosmos, what's the point of exploring
space at all?
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Humans aren't suited for space, robots are. Does this mean we should sideline human space flight in favor of sending the equivalent of a digital camera to

Discovery Space I love the scary micro-black hole theory...
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a complex piece of kit and the stuff it will discover could revolutionize our understanding of the universe. That sounds

Discovery Space Humans versus machines. Who do you think should be exploring space? Robotic reconnaissance missions I understand, but if there's no manned mission follow-up, what's the point in exploring space at all? --IO
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Humans aren't suited for space, robots are. Does this mean we should sideline human space flight in favor of sending the equivalent of a digital camera to

Discovery Space Where has mankind's pioneering spirit gone?
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The simmering debate over the future direction of our nation's human space flight program hit even more air turbulence over the past couple weeks. On the cusp

Discovery Space In space, no one can hear your smoke alarm scream...
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Depressurization and smoke alarms woke the shuttle and station crews for a second consecutive night on Friday. Flight controllers quickly determined they were

Discovery Space The return of the Galactic Ghoul!
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As I've mentioned before, I love a good outrageous space headline -- and the more they personify science or mold it to sound like a space opera, the better.

Discovery Space Well, it's not a marathon... but it's a start!
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NASA’s stuck Mars rover Spirit took the tiniest of steps to free itself from a sand trap that brought it to a standstill six months ago. After spinning its

Discovery Space I want one! Chaos in 3D!
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Fractal geometry has broad appeal because of the amazing colorful shapes that can be created, but it's easy to forget that there is actual information -- and

Discovery Space And she's ALIVE!!
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For the first time since September 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated a beam of protons fully around its 17 mile-long ring of supercooled

Discovery Space I want to see some exotics! Forget the Higgs :)
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is about to be fired up and Professor Jonathan Butterworth hopes that the ATLAS detector uncovers far more exotic physics than

Discovery Space Personally? I think Spirit is taking a nap.
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NASA's Mars Expedition Rover Spirit has been stuck in a sand trap since April and the prognosis for the robot to drive again isn't good. However, NASA is

Discovery Space A rogue star mysteriously exploded in 2002. Was it the victim of a cosmic smash-up?
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It's a solid doomsday prediction that in about 5 billion years the dying sun will expand as a bloated red giant and engulf the Earth. But imagine if in just a

Discovery Space It turns out that science doesn't have all the answers when dealing with individuals who are one sandwich short of a picnic...
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The world will come to an end. In approximately 4 billion years time, when the sun has depleted its supply of hydrogen in its core, our nearest star will




















