• Will Discovery Be 'Go for Launch' or Forced to Roll Back?

    Updated: 2010-03-20 04:03:37
    Over the weekend, NASA engineers will conduct additional tests to determine if Discovery can launch "as is" or have to be rolled back for repairs — which would mean a three-month delay for the STS-131 mission. Helium regulator assemblies downstream from a failed isolation valve in the shuttle's right rear maneuvering engine pod must [...]

  • My First Three Point of Inquiry Shows–Requesting Feedback | The Intersection

    Updated: 2010-03-19 11:55:54
    I just started a comments thread over at the Point of Inquiry forums to ask what folks think of my first three programs–on vaccine denial with Paul Offit, on climate denial with Michael Mann, and then on science journalism and disaster with Andrew Revkin. We’ve determined that I’ll be taking next week off, and a [...]

  • A Blast From the C-SPAN past | The Loom

    Updated: 2010-03-19 02:35:54
    C-SPAN has opened up their archives, so that you can search and watch all 23 years of their footage. Their Booknotes crew came to a talk I gave at Stanford University Medical School about my book Soul Made Flesh. And now you can watch it here.

  • NCBI ROFL: Top 5 insensitive titles! | Discoblog

    Updated: 2010-03-19 00:00:04
    Think scientists are always tactful? Think again! Here are our five favorite insensitive paper titles of all time: 1.) Ashes to ashes: thermal contact burns in children caused by recreational fires. 2.) An unusual penpal: case report and literature review of posterior urethral injuries secondary to foreign body insertion. 3.) A lucky catch: Fishhook injury of the tongue. 4.) [...]

  • Cassini Sends Back Ravishing New Photos of Saturn’s Rings | 80beats

    Updated: 2010-03-18 20:43:50
    When we last covered NASA’s Stardust mission a couple weeks ago, we noted that it was one of those missions that just keeps popping up as new findings from its data makes the news. But Stardust might by outdone by another: Cassini, which continues to reveal new surprises about Saturn and its moons—not to mention [...]

  • Water, Water Everywhere, on the Moon...

    Updated: 2010-03-02 18:19:15
    , , . Home Sci-Tech Science and Society Science and Society The Latest Developments in Science and Technology Ned Potter is the science correspondent for ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer . He has reported on such topics as space exploration , the human genome and climate change . Subscribe to this blog's feed RECENT POSTS Soyuz Landing : an Undignified Way to Come Home The Watt , the Volt and the . Rosenfeld Water , Water Everywhere , on the Moon . Climategate : Penn State Mostly Lets Researcher Michael Mann Off the Hook Private-Enterprise Astronauts Obama to NASA : Redo Exploration Plans First Live Tweet From Space : Space Station Enters 21st Century Climate Change : 2009 Second Warmest Year on Record Scientific Journal Defends Climate Scientists Earthquake in Haiti : Visible from Orbit MONTHLY ARCHIVES March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 March 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Previous Main Next Water , Water Everywhere , on the Moon . March 02, 2010 1:19 PM but not a drop to drink . You'll recall NASA's

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