Category Archives: Science

Clouds may keep exoplanets cool “Cloudy with a chance of life” is astronomers’ latest forecast for Earth-sized exoplanets, even if they tightly hug their stars. Planets that sit too close to their stars should be sizzling hot and are tidally … Continue reading →

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a deep, salty ocean beneath its frozen surface. How many worlds like this might exist outside the perfect “Goldilocks Zone” and yet harbor life? What would life be like in a dark, cold ocean world?

Spider-Man’s Stradivarius is close at hand. Behold! And yet, I hear the tittering laughter of Hulce-cum-Amadeus. Scientist Fiddles With Spider Silk A new kind of violin string creates sounds as soft as silk. And no wonder, since it’s made of … Continue reading →

As if we need more proof that our closest relatives are highly intelligent, another study proving monkeys and apes can use language. Not only do we mean the long-proved abilities to obey commands and use sign language. Here we go … Continue reading →

While not as fun as an artifact of super-advanced planetary engineering, it makes sense. It also is a great example of the geological uniqueness to be found throughout the galaxy. Can you imagine the diversity everywhere when we already have … Continue reading →

Now, why didn’t we think of that? We largely contributed to the making of space debris and invented the tracking of it, so why didn’t we innovate this solution to cleaning it up? It is a high tech, high prestige … Continue reading →