by Pamela | Jun 6, 2007 | Politics
There are few concepts that can make advocates of the scientific method, astronomy and biology more twitchy than “Creationism.” In its strictest sense, creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their...
by Pamela | Jun 6, 2007 | Politics
There is a story over on Cosmic Variance that is a most read for anyone planning to vote or to try and influence someone’s vote in the U.S. 2008 presidential elections. To quote Sean: “It was an embarrassing moment in the first Republican presidential...
by Pamela | Jun 5, 2007 | Personal
Okay, at this point it is old news, but, just to state the old news one more time for anyone who missed it – our galaxy has tidal tails. The first press release on tidal tails that I know of occurred at the 2001 San Diego meeting of the AAS, and was related to...
by Pamela | Jun 4, 2007 | Personal
Anyone living in the extreme Northern or Southern latitudes has at one point or another looked up at night and seen the sky awash in color. Called the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis respectively, these natural-light shows are a by-product of material from the...
by Pamela | Jun 4, 2007 | Entertainment
I just watched the first episode of “The Universe.” It is accurate and so totally unlike anything I’ve seen on PBS that I’m at a loss for words. Take every cool image of the Sun you’ve ever seen, combine them with talking heads that are...
