science

Climate Change: Being consistently wrong about everything

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James Delingpole is a Telegraph columnist who is constantly banging on about climate change being a complete myth. Today, for example, he writes … Now even Pravda admits the ‘global warming’ jig is up It’s Death of Little Nell time again in the field of climate “science.” The New York Times – aka Pravda – has … Read more

If not Mars then perhaps into Orbit?

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Yesterday I blogged about the MARS One folks offering one-way tickets for a trip to Mars, and yes I still think it is a hyped up Reality TV show that does not involve anybody actually leaving the planet. Well, I’ve tripped over a similar offer that looks  real. AXE is offering a suborbital space flight … Read more

MARS … anybody willing to go?

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A group called MARS One has issued their Requirements for anybody willing to go to MARS … AMERSFOORT, THE NETHERLANDS, 08 JANUARY 2013 – Mars One, a not-for-profit organization which plans to establish a human settlement on Mars in 2023, today issued the base requirements for its pending Astronaut Selection Program. This establishes the first … Read more

Dan Shechtman … Nobel prize-winning scientist profiled in Guardian

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Dan Shechtman, the Nobel prize-winning scientist, has been profiled in Guardian, it is worth a read. In fact it is always worth digging into any such profile for any of the science prize winners, they are always quite interesting, and this is no exception. If you are a regular reader of this blog you will … Read more

Astronomy news: There are Billions and Billions of planets in our Galaxy

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How many planets exist in our galaxy? We have no precise answer, but we now have a far better idea and can now say “Billions” or even “Billions and Billions”. On what basis can we conclude this?  Well here is some info you can dip into, JPL reports yesterday Billions and Billions of Planets … There they … Read more