One of the most burning and perplexing questions in biology today is: just what is life? While on the surface it seems obvious, the...
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In 1977, a NASA scientist named Franklin Chiang-Diaz began work on a new type of electrical propulsion system, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket,...
Recent advances in medical technology are taking us to astounding new places. As our understanding of human biology gets better and better, we will...
The late 60′s were the dawn of the space age – the first satellite went into orbit a decade earlier, and by the end...
The study of how our universe began is inherently problematic. Unfortunately, we are as unable to peer directly into the past as we are...
Anatomically modern humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. Yet we did not begin intensive agriculture or city building until between...
Classical physics, while mathematically complex, is based on simple, common-sense principles that everyone is familiar with. On the other hand, quantum physics, the set...
One of the simplest concepts to grasp in classical physics is the idea of causality. Our world-view is defined by cause-and-effect relationships from the...
Nearly 16 years ago, the world marveled at the birth of the first cloned mammal: Dolly the sheep. While experiments with cloning technologies had been...
If you’ve been paying attention to the news recently, chances are you’ve heard the term “Higgs Boson.” Chances are, unless you are a nuclear...