Another close call
Dec 22nd, 2004 by Moonage
It never ceases to amaze me how often I read this story. We discover something after it passes. Granted this one wasn’t very big, but some have.
We need to spend more efforts on near Earth objects and less on worrying what youthful galaxies are made of. The problem with science in general right now is they keep asking for more money on everything while not giving up any on projects that don’t yield any real return. Bush is promising to tighten the purse strings, the science community needs to prioritize, not just just blanket requesting everything.
#1 priority in my opinion is the safety of Earth.
Our pathetic example of global warming and what it could be and how
John Roth shined his flashlight on a black streak flowing through the cream-colored marble forming the walls of the Oregon Caves. The graphite line is graphic evidence of dramatic global warming that consumed so much oxygen that it nearly wiped
Phil Plait disses crop circles?
Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy is just ALL bent out of shape over what he perceives as hokey science let out of it’s cage by Yahoo. So, I read the entire report he’s bent out of shape over.
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