Big Science, Small Satellites
Is it a star? A moon? A comet even? No, it’s a satellite! NASA broadly defines a satellite as a moon, planet, or machine that orbits a planet or star. […]
Category Archives: Technology
Cosmic Farming: A Step Towards a Sustained Stay in Space
We talk about astronauts going on space missions to unravel the possibility of life beyond Earth. In fact, with NASA and SpaceX’s race to Mars, it is not long before […]
The Cold Truth About Cryopreservation
Recently, I was in the lab doing some routine work with cells. In order to start growing my own stock of cells I took a small vial out of a […]
My machine learns better than me
Have you ever used Siri to check the weather for the week, for your trip to the beach, or to check if that cough you have this morning means you’re […]
Thermophiles: Hot Microbes on the Biofuel Frontier
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to visit Yellowstone National Park (or looked at pictures), then you have probably seen the colorful, steaming mats that surround many of the park’s […]
CSI Athens: Crime Scene Science
Every contact leaves a trace. ‘Locard’s Exchange Principle’, the underlying premise of modern forensic science, describes a perpetrator’s involuntary act of leaving traces behind in a crime scene in exchange […]
Bright and Bedazzled… Camouflage?
Have you ever looked at the shimmer of a peacock’s feathers or the metallic shine of a green June beetle and thought, “I bet those bright colors help that animal […]
Crowd-funded Dams
Infrastructure development is a major issue in many countries of the developing world. Countries with developing economies often suffer from a negative balance of trade and weak institutions, […]
Smart(y) Pants: Putting the Tech in Textiles
Nowadays, it feels like we’re living in a sci-fi movie with the development of self-driving cars, technology we can talk to, and watches that monitor our day-to-day activities. All that’s […]
Your Latest [Artificial] Intelligence Report
With the technology introduction of the personal assistant Siri and the promise of a completely self-driving car from Tesla soon, artificial intelligence (AI) is radically changing the modern world. AI […]
