New Elements
Category Archives: Science
Earth Rotating
Space Shuttle Idea
An Idea Born in Unsettled Times.
Electrons Are Round
If the electron were magnified to the size of the solar system, it would still appear spherical to within the width of a human hair.
Leafsnap
Orange Camouflage
Instead of the way we see colors, deer see green, yellow, orange, red, and brown all as shades of yellow because deer have no red cones.
Portable Reactors
The early success of nuclear-powered submarines was complemented by a wide range of studies and prototypes for nuclear-powered vehicles and portable installations of all types.
Quantum Marriage
Modern science suggests a far more profound alternative.
Programmer In Space
One of the six men lifting off onboard NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour Friday is a computer programmer who built software for spacecraft before becoming an astronaut.