NASA’s space probe Dawn continues her journey to explore the dwarf planet Ceres. As Dawn orbits even closer, scientists had hoped to have some definitive answers to the question: What are those strange lights reflecting from the planet’s surface? The Short of It The first images captured by Dawn of the lights were taken from a distance […]
Today we probe an eye surgery that vowed to miraculously restore 20/20 vision to nearsighted individuals. How Important Are Eyes To A Writer The Short of It During a popular eye surgery in the 1980s and 1990s, known as Radial Keratotomy, incisions were made into the cornea of a person’s eyes with a diamond knife. […]
In earlier blog posts, we discussed the Fermi Paradox. The Paradox being—the apparent size and age of the universe suggests that many technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations ought to exist, but there is a lack of observational evidence to support such a conclusion. Italian-American Physicist Enrico Fermi asked the question: Where are they? They meaning extraterrestrials. Kepler-186F The […]
