‘Astronomy, Cosmology, Space’ Archives
EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACT: PUT A SOCK IN IT
SEARCH FOR INTELLIGENCE: An Agreement THEM Hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy. Hundreds of billions of galaxies. Lots of stars and lots of planets. Lots . How many restless alien souls are looking this way, wondering what's over here? US Meanwhile, we're looking for planets; we're listening to signals; and we're trying [...]
Einstein’s Musical Career and The Clever Octopus
Physics: Notes. Albert Einstein. I realize he didn't exactly invent the Universe. But SUCH a scientist! They don't make 'em like that anymore. Just walking around in his own mind ("thought experiments") he could see the way things MUST work. What others thought were the rules, were only a special case. He [...]
Homeopathic Medicine. It Can’t Hurt.
Homeopathic Medicine: Safe As The Water You Drink Jange Spengstre is a ballet dancer who lives in East Flatbush (N. Y.) She had a question for the homeopathy expert at Science Ain't So bad. "My drugstore sells homeopathic medicine right beside the other stuff and I can't really tell the difference. The labels look [...]
Uncle Europe Wants YOU!
Image based on a model (Lunar Electric Rover) by Google 3D Warehouse. SpaceScience: Mars Without The Gamma Rays. The European Space Agency's looking for volunteers to spend 520 days pretending they're on a trip to Mars.
A TICKET TO MARS AND NEW BRAIN INSIGHTS
Image courtesy of mourgefile.com SpaceScience: A Ticket To Mars According to a "blue ribbon panel" reporting to the Office of Science And Technology Policy, we can't afford a "manned" lunar program. The United States is emerging from a recession with a lot of bills and it has to reduce costs wherever it can. If we can't [...]
