Category: Blinded by Science

The Coolest Experiment In Space – A 5th State of Matter

Posted by David Raiklen | Nov 22, 2023 | Blinded by Science |

Bose-Einstein condensates, a quantum gas made of two kinds of atoms, was created in the International Space Station’s (ISS) microgravity.

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.

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