Tuesday, February 04, 2025

USAID Pays the Terrorists Who Kill Us
Why aren’t American farmers vaccinating their poultry flocks for bird flu?
Copper flowers with solar leaves mimic photosynthesis to turn sunlight into fuel
Ontario tables Starlink contract threat as US delays Canada tariffs
Is Jared Isaacman the Key to Humanity’s Galactic Dreams?
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-77 Chance of Hitting Earth. Here's What It Would Do
General Atomics sees an end to the long road toward nuclear fusion
Trudeau: On Second Thought ...
NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner

Just as I have forseeb: NASA can save its VIPER rover with private-sector help

Concern about SpaceX influence at NASA grows with new appointee
Boeing reports Starliner losses of more than half a billion dollars in 2024
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
One gram of omega-3 per day may slow down the rate of biological aging
How to Make North American Energy Great Again
Trump and Netanyahu’s New Partnership

Monday, February 03, 2025

Trump pauses Mexico tariffs for one month after agreement on border troops
Panama Backs Out of China’s Silk Road Agreement
NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen’
Trump wants the US to land astronauts on Mars soon. Could it happen by 2029?
Effective treatment: Immune-boosting throat spray shows promise in fighting cold
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Trump’s Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement Won’t Hurt the Climate
Gavin Newsom Has a Water Epiphany

History Buffs: Gladiator II Impressions

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The movie is OK as a movie, though it suffers due to a lack of Russell Crowe. As history, though...

Sunday, February 02, 2025

It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
Space race of century heats up as Bezos’ Blue Origin roars into orbit – but will Musk still win battle of billionaires?
Trump’s Mars declaration raises questions about NASA’s moon mission

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address was filled with equal parts soaring rhetoric about the future and snarky condemnation of his predecessor. An example of the former concerned the president’s space policy.

“And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.”

My annual contribition to Black History Month. First Black Astronaut and America’s Secret Outer-Space Spy Program
New Drug Shows Promise in Restoring Vision for People with Nerve Damage
Elon Musk deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Concrete can self-heal when exposed to nuclear radiation, finds study
Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
Musk is right — US government badly needs a digital makeover
The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Trump Moves the Overton Window on Gaza
David Hogg wins election as vice chair of DNC
Trump begins sweeping tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China

Saturday, February 01, 2025

A Smart Way to Pay for the Trump Tax Cut: Auction Federal Assets
It’s true. Star Trek: Section 31 was a big disappointment
This 425-year-old map may have just solved the ancient mystery of the vanished Roanoke colonists
Flood-prone Meyerland gets new stormwater basin
NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
Interstellar lightsails are a step closer
The Mars Dream Is Back — Here’s How to Make It Actually Happen
Artificially Grown Tissue Repairs Heart Failure in Monkeys
New findings could make off-the-shelf CAR T cell therapy a reality
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo: The Space Race Gambit #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo: The Hard Road to the Stars #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo: The First Woman on the Moon #CommissionEarned
It’s Time for AI to Come Home
Europe’s Climate Almost-EpiphanyEurope’s Climate Almost-Epiphany
Los Angeles Offers a Wildfire Climate Exception for Rebuilding