Why do we explore? Joel Hutchinson at #TEDx Terry Talks
When Joel Hutchinson was part of a NASA project to promote space exploration to the general public, he had to think closely about the connection between…
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‘Why do we explore?’ This was the question that Joel Hutchinson asked Buzz Aldrin, Bill Nye, the administrator of NASA and many other prominent scientists…
Read articleMake Bananas, Not Bombs
A friend of mine posted an interesting fact to Facebook today. Turns out that bananas give off a relatively high level of radiation compared to other…
Read articleOde to Terra Firma
I’ve been back on land for over two weeks now and I have to honestly say I’ve never been happier to be home! I guess deep…
Read articleThe Music of the Stars
As the latest in our Terry obsession with Science-Inspired Music, check out Jim Bumgardner’s “Wheel of Stars” Image: European Space Agency/Hubble To make this, I downloaded…
Read articleNASA to Asplode Moon
In what experts are calling “totally sweet”, NASA has announced plans to crash a 2000 kg impactor into the moon, triggering a 28m-diameter crater and a…
Read articleThe Future of the History of Science
This is a re-hash of a topic I previously posted on my own blog, but I’m hoping the larger audience of Terry might provoke a more……
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