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Tag: Science

It was 27 years ago today…

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2013, 12:50 PM Jan 28, 2013
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It was 27 years ago today that the Challenger exploded. In some ways, it marked the beginning of the end of America’s human space exploration era in which it launched its own citizens into space.

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NASA: Global temperature increase ‘assured’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2013, 11:56 AM Jan 24, 2013
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For the few people who still need proof the planet is warming, NASA is complying today.

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The amazing flu

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2013, 3:35 PM Jan 17, 2013
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It’s almost hard to hate the flu when you realize the amazing things it does.

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China’s pollution from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2013, 12:00 PM Jan 15, 2013
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Can it affect the U.S.? Yes, in about five days according to one expert.

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The moon up close

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2013, 1:55 PM Jan 11, 2013
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NASA’s just-released video is cool enough to almost make you remember when the moon was a mysterious place that could make you want to learn more about it.

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Science: It’s a girl thing

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2012, 11:31 AM Dec 24, 2012
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Students at Dartmouth have answered a poorly done European video that purported to show that science and women are made for each other. The European video was clearly the brainchild of some guys. Not this one.

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NASA style

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 12:32 PM Dec 17, 2012
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I’m generally not a huge fan of Gangnam Style parody videos but this latest one seems to confirm that sometime, somehow, rocket scientists became the cool kids.

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The last man on the moon

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 1:07 PM Dec 13, 2012
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It was 39 years ago today that Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt became the last men to walk on the moon.

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Northern Lights at the Arctic Circle

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 12:47 PM Dec 13, 2012
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The best thing about the Northern Lights — OK, maybe the second-best thing about the Northern Lights — is they don’t make music.

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The big thaw

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 3:40 PM Dec 12, 2012
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There must be more boring ways of spending a day than sitting and waiting for glaciers to melt and collapse.

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December sky

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 12:57 PM Dec 12, 2012
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North Korea successfully fired a rocket today, raising the possibility of a long-range missile that destabilizes a barely-stable area of the world.

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A December surprise

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 12:13 PM Dec 11, 2012
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That giant sucking sound this morning was an asteroid ‘just missing’ Earth. Or not.

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A moon rock by any other name

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 28, 2012, 2:48 PM Nov 28, 2012
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The recently discovered ‘moon rocks’ in Minnesota more closely resemble pebbles.

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The World Series math class

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2012, 1:00 PM Oct 26, 2012
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If you were among the many people wasting their time watching the Minnesota Vikings last night, you probably missed this from the World Series game between the Tigers and Giants.

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Time out for particle physics

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2012, 1:51 PM Oct 17, 2012
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Good grief, science, it’s been almost four months since you found the Higgs Boson particle, a discovery that could lead to determining the origin of mass. Have you done anything lately?

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