Dwarf planet planet Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, acquire a pinkish hue as seen by New Horizons' color camera recently. Click image for more on mission and timeline
Do you think scientists go into science for the money? Have you often wondered if NASA faked the moon landings and is now running a global conspiracy to trick people into believing global warming? Are you or someone you know willfully ignorant of the difference between day-to-day weather and longer term weather trends?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions, you may be suffering from Climate Change Denial Disorder. CCDD is a fast-moving condition that affects the brain's neurons. It starts with the critical thinking cortex and spreads rapidly, quickly rendering its victim unable to comprehend basic text or read the numbers of a simple thermometer. It is highly infectious with insidious results: even as it reduces patients to a gibbering ditto-head, the disease makes them feel smarter and more confident than ever. To learn if you or someone you love may be in the early stages of CCDD, watch this short video.
- Suspended animation a reality soon?
- Tomorrow on Sunday Kos I'll be introducing the planned successor to the Hubble Space telescope. We hope to see you there!
- Once upon a time, I was a proud night owl and late riser: Victory is mine!
- SpaceX successfully launched a resupply module to the ISS this week and came close, so close, to landing the lower stage safely on an autonomous floating barge for reuse on future missions. See video here.
- Anatomically modern humans all share a distinctive feature not found in our closest relatives: the pointy chin.
- As long as all eyes are on Iowa:
Iowa's Science Standards Review Team, a panel of 16 science experts and educators, made the decision during its meeting Tuesday at the Science Center of Iowa. The review team plans to recommend to the Board of Education that the state adopt the Next Generation Science Standards with only minor alterations, including none to the standards themselves, which include benchmarks dealing with climate change and evolution.