Earl Wajenberg (pronounced WY-en-berg, contact him) is a professional writer. He has masters degrees in physics and the history and philosophy of science. Science has been a lifelong fascination for him.
ASTEROIDS"I'm going out for the ride — and to take a look at the bones of Lucifer."— The Rolling Stones, Robert A. HeinleinVital Stats:Asteroids come in sizes ranging from dwarf planet down to...
The coming crash (BBC, Discover Magazine, Science News)Of galaxies, nothing economic. We’ve known for a long time that the Andromeda galaxy was headed our way. We didn’t know, though, if it would hit us...
MARS My ochred cliffs and rusted sands stand regal and serene,But oh, my wan and wasted world, I miss your blue and green.— "Lament for a Red Planet," Jonathan EberhartVital Stats:Orbital radius: 1.5 Earth...
THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEMVital Stats:Average Earth-Moon distance: 380,000 km (240,000 miles)Points of Interest:Our Moon and Earth are closer in size than any other moon and planet in the Solar System.Because of this, astronomers...
Flame malware (Nature)Flame is a huge computer virus, only "virus" usually suggests something small. This thing is 20 MB in size, and offers the hacker a huge range of tools wherewith to suck the data...
VENUS"… and I will give them the morning star." — Revelation 2:28Vital Stats:Venus is almost exactly the same size as Earth. And Uranus is almost exactly the same size as Neptune. That this...
Unpacking the Dragon (Space.com)Now that the SpaceX Dragon capsule has successfully docked, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station are spending Memorial Day unpacking it. Butanol as the next bio-fuel (Nature)The leading bio...
This is the beginning of a series on the planets of the Solar System. Anyone with an interest in science can recite the planets in their order from the Sun, and most could probably give a general description of...
Dragon on the ISS (Nature, BBC, Space.com)SpaceX's Dragon capsule has successfully docked with the International Space Station, a first in private space flight. Struggling ashore (Discover Magazine, BBC)Ichthyostega was a Coal Age...
Low doses at Fukishima (Nature)The World Health Organization has released its findings on the radiation doses received by the people around the Fukishima power plant that was wrecked by the recent tsunami in Japan. Good news: the...