We humans are trying to brave a new frontier. Diversity. We are trying to create a world where everyone is happy, everywhere. But someone needs to speak the truth. That is not possible. All humans do not have the same…
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Twitter says it’s working on bringing its “read the article before you retweet it” prompt to all users “soon.” The company began testing the prompt in June, which shows up when people go to retweet a story they haven’t clicked through to actually…
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Do you feel strongly about scientific literacy? Here’s an opportunity to have your voice heard! You don’t have to be a scientist to contribute to this project! Just write up a short piece about why you feel strongly that science…
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At least fifty calves and three human beings are living with no pulse in their bodies, thanks to an artificial pump that replaced their naturally-grown hearts – Human heart replaced by 10,000 RPM artificial pump with no pulse Despite cardiac…
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It’s really cool how everyone suddenly cares about the environment. What’s not so cool is that many of these people do not care to understand the science of what is required to fix the problem. The move towards a more…
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The above post is from one of the rogue government accounts that have popped up since the new administration started censoring scientists.
It’s truly disheartening to see scientists treated like this in a country that is supposed to have freedom of speech.
If you work at NASA or with NASA and have a story to tell please contact us. We will publish it here and make sure that your identity is kept secret.
Can the public be trusted with dangerous knowledge? This might seem like a silly question to ask in the age of the internet where just about everything is already available to the public. However, it’s an important issue that is still highly debated. Books are still being banned, people being censored, journalists imprisoned. I recently […]
Emily Carney has written articles for AmericaSpace, Ars Technica, and other online outlets throughout the last decade. She founded the Space Hipsters group on Facebook in 2011, and has her own spaceflight blog called This Space Available Scientific literacy is key to developing the critical thinking processes that are essential to fueling future […]
This doesn’t happen on Earth, because the oxygen in our atmosphere forms an extremely thin film of oxidized metal on every exposed surface. The oxidization layer acts as a barrier that conveniently prevents chunks of metal from sticking to other chunks of metal. In the vacuum of space, however, there is no oxidation layer. […]