Deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist, the aeronautical engineer educated at Caltech became known as the father of China's space and missile...
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“Nothing comes from nothing. Nothing ever could.” —from The Sound of Music. "It seems the toughest thing for scientists to...
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"While many people are aware of the increasing role of mathematical modeling in society in general, and science in particular, very few have dared to question...
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"We are told that gravity rules the cosmos. The story of the big bang, the origin of galaxies and stars, and our ultimate fate are founded on this belief. But...
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The so-called “queen” of the sciences, cosmology, is founded upon the myth that the weakest force in the universe—gravity—is responsible for...
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by Dr. Jeremy Dunning-Davies "As more and more money is being requested for scientific experiments which are becoming more and more elaborate, it becomes...
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For those who haven't noticed, this year is "The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)." The International Year of Astronomy will involve 135...
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By Michael Goodspeed ThunderBolts.info "I have recently received a handful of uninformed responses from people who have read my series of essays on the...
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Trolling down the street in Manhattan, I suddenly hear a woman's voice. "Who's there? Who's there?" she whispers. I look around but...
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Robotic airships and satellites will fly above the surface of the distant world, commanding squadrons of wheeled rovers and floating robot boats, according to...
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In science fiction, it's one zap of a laser gun, and you're dead. But real-life energy weapons likely won't work that way. Take the Advanced...
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Is our planet actually inhabitable to humans? Most of us would answer yes, but the answer's a lot more complicated, writes Charles Stross. And those...
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Something to think about as we navigate a health care plan. A new report by the World Health Organization documents how one-quarter of the total 60 million annual...
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STS-1, the first space shuttle mission, launched on April 12, 1981. At that point, the shuttle was already several years old, and the original designs stretch back to...
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PARIS (AFP) – It took 13 billion years to reach Earth, but astronomers have seen the light of an exploding mega-star that is the most distant object ever...
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A cell in the eye may be worth two in the beak, at least when it comes to a migratory bird’s magnetic compass. In European robins, a visual center in the brain...
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If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a...
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Far away in the constellation of Aries, in a 14th magnitude barred spiral galaxy designated as NGC 918… a star exploded with enough candlepower to briefly...
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