Oumuamua’s odd speed-up: NASA has one theory, UFOlogists, another.
Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed Oumuamua, the first
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Biology Runs Amok! The Life Science Lessons Of Science Fiction Cinema by Mark C. Glassy (book review).
Ah! A writer after my own heart. Cancer immunologist/writer Mark C. Glassy uses his book, ‘Biology Runs Amok! The Life
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Dust Demons of Mars!
Dust Demons of Mars might sound like a nifty SF TV series episode from something like Doctor Who, but in
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Apollo by Matt Fitch, Chris Baker and Mike Collins (graphic novel review).
21 July 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of that ‘one small step’ by Neil Armstrong onto the surface of
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First Man (science drama movie trailer).
First Man is a movie that looks behind the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the space mission that
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat: All Models 1970-2006 Owners’ Workshop Manual by Tony Holmes (book review).
Although reference is given to the film ‘Top Gun’ to the US Navy’s jet, the F-14 Tomcat, it isn’t a
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Ancient organics found on Mars by NASA! Current “mysterious methane” signature announced, today.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient
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Astute Class Nuclear Submarine: 2010 To Date Owners’ Workshop Manual by Jonathan Gates (book review).
In 2010, the BBC in the UK did a multi-part documentary called ‘How To Build A Nuclear Submarine’. It made
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Factfulness by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund (book review).
In his introduction, United Nations advisor Hans Rosling sets a test of 13 questions about how well you know statistics
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Life on Europa? Chances tick up with new evidence in Europa’s plumes.
Scientists re-examining data from an old mission bring new insights to the tantalizing question of whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has
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