This one snuck up on me. Bringing back the airship to provide heavy lift capability has been almost a no brainer once we entered the world of modern materials and design engineering.The market niche that it tackles is not unlike the niche filled for

This is a nifty trick that finally finds a way to send toxins directly to and into the cancer cell. A very small liposome carries the toxin to the target and accommodates the attack.This makes me recall some work that I was involved with twenty years

Once in a while someone unloads with a suitcase of shoddy science that is really annoying. There is only one word to describe it and that is rubbish. There are two arguments here, both are cow manure. The first argument is that we are using grain

White roofs catch on as energy cost cuttersby Felicity Barringer, New York Times, July 29, 2009 Link to Fahrenheit to centrigrade converter: http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htmSAN FRANCISCO — Returning to their ranch-style house

Nick Barnes said... The southern half of the glacier front looks to have retreated about 4km since the 2006 line. July 31, 2009 7:43 PM Tenney said... Yes, it looks like the 2006 line is the area of retreat -- wonder why that is. I am still

July 28, 2008 (left); July 30, 2009 (right).Be sure to click on the images to enlarge the detai

Climate change expected to sharply increase Western wildfire burn area — as much as 175% by the 2050s Joseph Romm, Climate Progress, posted 30 July 2009, 06:30 a.m. PDT A major new study, “Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity

Seattle hits 103 -- Welcome to the hottest day ever!

This report is rich and worth the read if only for the evident wit of a mob of angry scientists.The esteemed editor’s error was in failing to understand that ‘all scientists’ having been so characterized have been succumbing to pangs of guilt and have

The bottom line here is that a revolution in completion technology is changing everything in the oil industry.We commonly have drilled through multiple formations bearing hydro carbon content and then completed on what appeared to be best. Suddenly

It is about time that someone pointed out the obvious. It is outrageous to suggest that modern methods not be used to produce the wealth for others that it has produced for us. That modern methods are not perfect is irrelevant. They were replacing