Science

By Vijay Jayaraj Many of us living in cities of advanced economies are ignorant of environmental factors critical to producing crops that maintain global food security. The mainstream media have not helped either. Instead of informing…

How do you track an asteroid that hit the Earth over 60 million years ago?  By using a combination of geology and computer simulations, at least according to a team of scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).  Those methods…

Guest “How about that, geology fans?” by David Middleton 50 Years Ago: Apollo 15 on the Moon at Hadley-Apennine CrewDavid R. Scott, CommanderJames B. Irwin, Lunar Module PilotAlfred M. Worden, Command Module PilotBackup CrewRichard…

Tracking exoplanets is hard – especially when that exoplanet is so far away from its parent star that the normally used “transit” method of watching it dim the light of the star itself is ineffectual.  But it really helps if the planet is…

From NASA Aug 3, 2021 Shortly after it formed, the Moon was covered in a global ocean of molten rock (magma). As the magma ocean cooled and solidified, dense minerals sank to form the mantle layer, while less-dense minerals floated…

Guest “Let them pass wind” by Gordon Evans “The City of Boston Environment Department invites you to respond to this Request for Information with your ideas about green jobs training and hiring in Boston. More information…

If asked to pick what color asteroids in the asteroid belt would be, red is likely not one that would come to mind for most people.  But that is exactly the color of two new asteroids found by Hasegawa Sunao of JAXA and an international…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Ditching the commute might seem an easy climate win, but other factors such as the relative inefficiency of home heating outweigh the CO2 savings. Is remote working better for the environment? Not…

The movement methods for robotic explorers of other worlds were as varied as the worlds themselves. Some missions were simple landers, some rovers, and now there was even a helicopter ride on Mars. But there is one unexplored hybrid type…

By Kenneth Haapala, President The Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) July 28, 2021 (slightly edited) “It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is…