The Hubble Space Telescope just looked at the atmosphere of a super-Earth, and for the first time figured out (some of) what it’s made of. Read on! *** Scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope […]
In today’s “thinking out loud” piece, I talk about why so-called “hate crimes” ought to be classed as separate, more severe crimes than their non-ideologically-motivated similars. *** Not long ago, I had a brief debate […]
It’s Monday again, but, instead of a video of people wearing tinfoil hats, or calling cacao the heart of the universe, or telling us all that our gut bacteria are reading our thoughts, I just […]
In today’s recap, we’ve got a massive discovery that’s making waves, hot news about fusion from China, and a sad goodbye as comet 67P drifts away from the sun. Read on! *** Gravity Waves Hello […]
This Valentine’s Day, maybe hold off on any movies where stalking behaviour is considered endearing. Elle explains. *** Girls and women spend a lot of their lives being told that male behaviors that should come […]
Big news: Scientists working at aLIGO, the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, are reporting today that they have confirmed the existence of, and measured, gravitational waves. Read on. *** In a big (and rather entertaining) […]
Why does any of this exist? *** I, like you, have long suspected that the internet is a strange place filled with stranger people. I have seen all manner of things done in the name […]
Last week, on February 4th, Astronaut Ed Mitchell died, bringing the number of surviving moonwalkers down to seven. The news reports referred to him alternately as “the last Apollo 14 astronaut” and “the sixth man to […]
Making the rounds this week, courtesy of the Daily Fail, is the story of a Greek statue, a wax tablet, and a conspiracy theory. *** See this woman? This woman is Greek. She has an […]
As always, there’s a ton of news to get to, from new HD photos of the lunar surface (courtesy of China, who’ve actually, you know, been there recently) to the completion of the JWST’s primary […]