RSS
Home
This week in science
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
The first, scientists say, is that there's currently not a viable material strong enough to make the cables that will support heavy loads of passengers or cargo into orbit. According to NASA research, the space elevator cable would need to be about 22,000 miles long. That's how far away a satellite must be to maintain orbit above a fixed spot on the Earth's equator.
- A real world experiment in new media is under way. It's the new Texas Tribune. A non profit, online news venture sporting an all star staff. I'm sure they'd love it if you checked out the front page, blogs, and offered suggestions.
- Speaking of new voices, ScienceBlogs has two new bloggers, David Sloan Wilson of Evolution for Everyone and Pamela Ronald of Tomorrow's Table. They're both highly accomplished scientists and authors in addition to being superb bloggers. Give 'em a Big Orange welcome!
- A brand new ocean (Or would it be a sea first?) in the making.
- Phil posts an absolutely stunning picture from the refurbished Hubble of nearby galaxy M83, along with some expert commentary. Click and enjoy, plus he links to a 3900 wide image if you think you can handle it!
- Both Turkana and I wrote about the disappearing glacier atop Mt Kilimanjaro, which is how I came across this gorgeous picture.
More About:
general science
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
Making good on remarks made last April before the National Academy of Sciences, President Obama officially launched an "Educate to Innovate" …
A lot of virtual ink has been spilled over a set of emails that were stolen from a university computer. This article supports a post now up on Daily …
