

Successful Asteroid Deflection Proven
We finally have tested a concept for how to deflect an asteroid, and it worked more than 25 times better Continue reading

Data That Matters April 2021
From 2006 through 2019 the percentage of people having recently felt stress has risen from 29% to 35%. That jumped Continue reading
Oxygen Produced On Mars
NASA’s newest rover, Perseverance, produced oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. It only produced 4 grams or so, but the fact Continue reading

Space Junk Threat
Something to add to 2020, the threat of space junk collisions getting real. A worry that’s been part of the Continue reading

Data That Matters December 2019
“Go West, young man” (person, whatever) is less likely to happen as mobility in the US declined from about 20% Continue reading

We Lost 100 Stars
It’s probably not aliens, but – aliens? A typical astronomical news item announces the discovery of a new star, galaxy, Continue reading

Data That Matters September 2018
Currencies are crashing: India (-10%), Indonesia (-8%), Argentina (-52%), and Turkey (-42%) while Venezuela is expected to have 1,000,000% inflation this Continue reading