NASA news briefings, live commentary and updates before and after the scheduled Sunday, May 25 arrival of the agency's Phoenix Mars Lander will be available on NASA Television and on the Web.
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) The University of Miami's Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing announced that it will house a library of data collected via spaceborne C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar. The initiative, led
Texas A&M University) A large quantity of nitrogen compounds emitted into the atmosphere by humans through the burning of fossil fuels and the use of nitrogen fertilizers enters the oceans and may lead to the removal of some carbon dioxide
University of East Anglia) As much as a third of the nitrogen entering the world's oceans from the atmosphere is man-made, according to new findings by an international team of scientists.
North Carolina State University) A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick and University of Calgary researcher Dr. Richard Callaghan shows that Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by
We keep hearing that the Oregon law is working without a flaw. The media touts that party line in almost every story about the issue. Of course to do that, contrary information has to be ignored. For example, the Michael
Recent events have me recalling the best and most succinct description of why we are slowly succumbing to the culture of death. They are from Canadian journalist and commentator, Andrew Coyne, who, reacting to the widespread public support for Robert
Scientifically, it is a fact that a new, unique human individual comes into existence when the DNA from sperm and ovum come together at fertilisation. The ICB report recognises this and accepts that the embryo has a "significant moral value",
I have a piece up on today's First Things daily about assisted suicide and how it corrupts palliative care. From my column: For the past two decades, euthanasia/assisted-suicide ideologues have worked overtime to conflate palliative care-the medical alleviation of pain
Questions about cloning have been raised by governments. They are Big Questions. Like: Does Man Have The Right To Make Life In His Own Image? Looking at our planet with its population of some 5 billion-plus one would have thought
Until about a decade ago, there was only one way to make an embryo—the old-fashioned technique of combining an egg with a sperm. Then came Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996. Scottish scientists created her by injecting the nucleus of
I just read a ridiculous screed by Steven Pinker in the New Republic that is beyond ludicrous. His primary purpose seems to be to attack Leon Kass, who agree or disagree with him, is a very serious thinker. A secondary
The Geron Corporation announced Wednesday that its plans to begin the first clinical trial using embryonic stem cells had been delayed by federal regulators. (New York Times)
For the past two decades, euthanasia/assisted-suicide ideologues have worked overtime to conflate palliative care—the medical alleviation of pain and other distressing symptoms of serious illness—with intentionally ending the life of the patient. The movement's first target was the hospice, a
