Category: Blinded by Science

Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman Passes Away at 95

Posted by Susan Macdonald | Nov 10, 2023 | Obituaries, Space Exploration |

Colonel Frank Borman, USAF, commander of the NASA Apollo 8 mission in 1968 has died.

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, Hero of Apollo 13, Dead at 87

Posted by Susan Macdonald | Nov 5, 2023 | Obituaries, Space Exploration |

When an explosion crippled the spacecraft during its flight to the moon, Commander Mattingly—then the best trained man to fly the command module — went to work at Mission Control devising procedures that the astronauts used to help them return to the earth safely.

Editorial | Nightshade Isn’t the Answer (It’s Just an Eye for an Eye)

Posted by Thaddeus Howze | Oct 25, 2023 | Blinded by Science, Editorials, The Answer Man |

Software that helps artists poison generative AI databases is just more punitive thinking that damages the future for the sake of the present.

Glass Coated DNA is 5x Lighter, 4x Stronger Than Steel

Posted by David Raiklen | Oct 24, 2023 | Blinded by Science, Comics |

When Iron Man needs a new suit, he might use materials created by scientists at Columbia University — a glass DNA nanostructure five times lighter and four times stronger than steel.

Water From Space In Bennu First Look

Posted by David Raiklen | Oct 12, 2023 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

The OSIRIS-REx mission collected rock and dust from the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and today NASA gave it’s first report on the intriguing space rock.

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