Posts tagged science
“An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.” -UK Department for International Development
U.S. Liberals on Nuclear: “It’s Complicated.”
Chris Mooney: “It’s true that many liberals who opposed nuclear power in the 1960s and 1970s seem to be reliving much of that era. And there has been, from some on the left, clear exaggeration of the dangers of nuclear radiation and the amount of deaths (past and future) attributable to Chernobyl…
However, I don’t see much evidence–though I’m willing to be convinced–that many on the U.S. left are making claims like Caldicott’s. Far from a wave of knee jerk rejection of nukes or science abuse—at a time when, if ever, that’s what you would expect to see—I’m instead seeing a lot of nuance and shades of gray thinking, and even a few cases of outright pro-nuclear contrarianism.”
First photo of Mercury from an orbiting spacecraft (NASA MESSENGER space probe photo via Discovery.com)
Why the Apollo 11 Astronauts Stayed So Close to the Moon Lander
Nice job, Krulwich. I wish Neil Armstrong would write me emails.
Quote of the Day - Second-Rate Science Edition
“It’s better to read first-rate science fiction than to read second-rate science. Second-rate science may not be true either, and it is less entertaining.”
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