Play the pipes slowly for Atlantis, Endeavor, and Discovery. In 2010, NASA will retire its old workhorses for good.
The shuttering of the shuttle program leaves American space exploration in an awkward situation. The next generation of spacecraft, dubbed the Constellation Project, will not be operable until at least 2015. For the intervening five years, the [...]
In Space, No One Can Hear You Scheme
One Cappuccino– Hold the Sun
Growing coffee in the shade may be the smartest way for small farmers to cope with global warming, according to research published in this month’s issue of BioScience. University of Michigan scientists concluded that the industrial method of coffee cultivation, where swaths of forest are cut down to create large plantations, leaves the crop vulnerable [...]
