President Donald Trump, 45th President of United States of America in alternate reality Zeta 137, spent the first vacation weekend of his Presidency at Camp David with his family. Sources report the First Family enjoyed the beginnings of fall colors, along with gluten free ...read more
This is perhaps the biggest news in 2015, and possibly this decade. Scientist have now found direct evidence of liquid water - the best indicator of life - on our neighboring planet Mars. Here are the basic facts of this stunning discovery (via the Guardian): Liquid water runs ...read more
You know, it's really hard to be surprised by anything Ken Ham says at this point. This is a guy whose core beliefs are that the world was created in six days 6,000 years ago, the first woman came from the rib of the first man, and eventually the son of the maker of the earth ...read more
I have never understood why space is the one area where we as Americans have never put our money where our mouth is. We spend our hard-earned money on the products we like the best. We donate to the Red Cross after disasters. We do our best to help keep PBS afloat. We shove ...read more
NASA has experienced some of the biggest budget cuts it has seen in decades, heavily reducing what used to be one of the country's biggest technological assets to a mere shadow of its former self. The end result? Heavy privatization of the space industry that has inexorably ...read more
I'm not sure the market is particularly big for this, but if I had a spare $1.5 billion, I'd definitely be up for this: A team of former Nasa executives is launching a private venture to send people to the moon. For $1.5bn (£940m), the newly formed Golden Spike is offering ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Reuters: (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted to the top of a jumbo jet, took off on Friday from Edwards Air Force Base for a last airborne victory lap over California en route to its final frontier and retirement home: a science ...read more
In our work obsessed, 24/7, productivity driven society, more is always seen as best. Work harder, longer and without breaks and you will reap the benefits. Or so we might think. While sleeping during the day is generally regarded as lazy behavior in the eyes of a corporate ...read more
