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Category Archives: Space
Water on Mars
Not since Schiaparelli published his drawings of Martian “canals” has the popular press been so excited about water on Mars. Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer, science historian, and senator, had a good clear view of Mars through his scope back … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Exploration, Geology, Space
Tagged Flagstaff, Mars, Martian canals, NASA, Percival Lowell, Schiaparelli, water on Mars
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Finished Science
I have been reading Jerry Coyne’s new book, Faith vs Fact, and the evolutionary biologist makes a clear point that scientific understanding evolves as much as biological entities. In his book (which is a solid testimony of what science is … Continue reading
The Man on the Moon
Eugene Shoemaker is the only man on the moon. It’s his birthday, he would be 87 today, but he won’t know it. Shoemaker has been dead for almost twenty years. His ashes have been on the moon since 1997. Unless … Continue reading
A Life Well-Lived
Two years ago this week, one of our greatest scientists quietly passed away. Although among the world’s unheralded heroes, the life of Lawrence Morley deserves our attention. He helped prove plate tectonics, but in a fluke too common in science … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Geology, History, Plate Tectonics, Space, The Book
Tagged Canada, continental drift, Harry Hess, magnetism, Morley, plate tectonics, Radarsat, Wegener
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Ted Cruz, The Science Guy!
Ted Cruz, the science guy! Those are five words that tickle your tongue when spoken together. But it’s true, the senator is now America’s science guy. Senator Ted Cruz (R–TX) is the new chair of the science and space panel, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Exploration, Religion, Space
Tagged Canada, Explorer I, NASA, Rafael Cruz, Ted Cruz, Van Allen
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Canada’s Deceptive Arm
Well, this is embarrassing. A friend in the States sent me a link to a Washington Post story. Along with the link, he sent a short note: “So much for your Canada Arm.” You see, I had bragged about Canada’s … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Exploration, Space
Tagged Canada, Canadarm, Canadian government, exploration, space
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We Love Comets… but it wasn’t always that way
So, today we kissed a comet. Many of us shared the excitement of the European Space Agency’s successful landing. Something built on the Earth is now sitting on a comet, traveling at 135,000 kilometres an hour, heading towards an even … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Engineering, Exploration, History, Religion, Science Education, Space
Tagged comets, Edmond Halley, European Space Agency, Halley, history, Immanuel Velikovsky, myths, Philae, Rosetta, Whiston
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Light on the Dark Side of the Moon
Did you see the blood red lunar eclipse? Wish I had, but here in Calgary we mostly had the undersides of clouds at 5 a.m. Pity. Poor us. But there are other eclipti coming. April and September 2015 should look … Continue reading
The Bright Side of Solar Flares
Electronics destroyed. Skin radiated. Mutations. Cancer. And if the GPS is down, how will anyone find their way home? But there is a bright side to solar flares. And that would be last night’s light show. For those of us … Continue reading
Posted in History, Space
Tagged Calgary, Canada, Herschel, history, magnetism, northern lights, solar flares, the Sun
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What’s that Smell?
Yesterday’s odoriferous eruption of Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcano got me thinking about the nasty stuff just below our feet. The volcano has begun gassing smelly poisons and the scent of Iceland’s rotten eggs has been whiffed as far away as Finland. Why … Continue reading