Science

One of the reasons the ISS is still alive and kicking is that it offers a unique environment for testing that is available nowhere, either on the Earth or off of it.  Plenty of science experiments want to take advantage of that uniqueness.…

From the MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN August 10, 2021 / Francis Menton A few weeks ago (July 29th) I had a post entitled "A Little Arithmetic: The Cost Of A Solar-Powered Grid Without Fossil Fuel Backup". In this post, I've done some…

When looking for exoplanets, size plays a role, but so does weight. The larger and heavier the planet, the more likely they will be discovered by current telescopes. Both the techniques for finding exoplanets and the telescopes that use…

by Rud Istvan I decided to design this possible guest post based on my three e-books (all very cheap on iBooks and Amazon Kindle) because the newbie poster MI on WUWT won't go away and continues to post OT fake Peak Oil stuff that…

As we are all expecting the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to launch later this year (hopefully), LEGO designers are hoping for a "launch" of their own. A new LEGO design from JWST is currently gathering supporters on the LEGO Ideas…

Guest contribution by Eric Worrall According to CNN's medical advisor, Dr. Leana Wen, children need weekly tests and the continued wearing of medical-grade N95 biological masks to prevent the spread of Covid in schools. CNN…

If you’re a fan of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and the Fermi Paradox, then it’s likely you’ve heard of a concept known as the Great Filter. In brief, it states that life in the Universe may be doomed to extinction,…

Guest contribution by Eric Worrall h / t Charles; British climate star Alok Sharma, leader of the British push to ban gasoline vehicles, who regularly ignores quarantine when returning from countries on the Covid-19 red list, has…

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Adjust your eyeglasses to read about today’s topic: adaptive optics! Let’s say you’re an astronomer. You’ve built yourself a gigantic new observatory to…

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The new UN IPCC Assessment Report 6 (AR6) is out, available here. They make it quite clear that a good chunk of what is in the report is not science. Instead, it is the opinions of scientists. They…