Rendezvous with a Comet (8/16/2014)
You may have missed it given all the other headlines of late, but one of the most ambitious space missions of all time recently passed a critical milestone. First launched …
One Last In Memoriam (8/16/2014)
Those of you who read my blog on a regular basis (thanks again, mom and dad) may recall that I felt compelled to comment when celebrities Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Harold Ramis passed away …
Drought in the American West (8/16/2014)
In other news, it appears as though the drought that’s currently crippling the American West is going to get worse before it gets better. Scientists (and casual observers) have watched …