Browsing Category »science«
→ December 11, 2009
watch?v=N0MUAQ3p-A0&feature=player_embeddedThanks to recent technological advances and the development of newer, more precise astronomical devices, we now know that water, one of the essential elements of life, can actually be found scattered throughout the universe. One recent discovery, water on the moon, became news fodder in most news networks around the world after Nasa “bombed the [...]
→ November 13, 2009
Here’s an interesting entry from David Perlman, Chronicle Science editor. NASA just bombed the moon and found significant traces, about 25 gallons, of what seemed to be water in vapor form.
Since the moon is just some few hundreds of light years away and is habitable, in the future, we will be able to taste moon [...]
→ October 14, 2009
There’s a new book by CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta which talks about death. “Cheating death” looks at medical miracles of the modern age, of how some patients miraculously come alive after being declared clinically dead. Gupta says the book will shatter conventional thinking about death; and holds the idea that modern technology will [...]
→ October 10, 2009
If you read my sarcastic entry on NASA’s bombing the moon, you’ll get to ask–why criticize something humans consider monumental? Frankly, what’s so monumental or even exciting about finding water on the moon where we have billions or even trillions of tons of water here? The US Geologic Survey says there is roughly 326 million [...]