Category: The Daily Beast
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What’s the deal with Google’s quantum computer?
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Google and NASA Team Up on Quantum Computer The next generation of computers is a few years off, but it’s pretty damn cool For The Daily Beast: It’s like…
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Traces of salty water on Mars … and more mysteries!
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Water Found on Mars Could Be First Signs of Martian Life NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found traces of water that comes and goes on Mars—aka flowing water For The…
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Pluto: what’s in a name?
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Pluto and Other Truly Epic Space Photos For The Daily Beast: To quote another great space adventurer: “Almost there!” The New Horizons probe, launched in 2006, will finally reach…
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We aren’t the dinosaurs: we’re the asteroid
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The Sixth Extinction: We’re Not The Dinosaurs, We’re The Asteroid Yes, humans are probably to blame for the Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, which is wiping out species at…
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A multitude of faint and fluffy galaxies
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Scientists Discover Hundreds of Hidden Galaxies The new type of faint, fluffy galaxy might help resolve a cosmological conundrum For The Daily Beast: When we think of galaxies, we…
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Unless you’re a werewolf, the full Moon isn’t to blame for your problems
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Get Over Your Full Moon Fears From The Daily Beast: The full Moon is making everyone crazy. More people get arrested when the Moon is full. The new Moon…
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A space robot arrives at a new world: Dawn at Ceres
Sunday is my birthday, and NASA kindly decided to give me a whole asteroid. I got to write about it for The Daily Beast. NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Made It to Dwarf Planet Ceres From The Daily Beast: When I was young, I obsessively read through a National Geographic science book called Our Universe, a good…
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Methane on Mars: life or just gas?
[ I am reviving the Bowler Hat Science blog as a quick way to link all my new publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all my stories! ] Methane on Mars: life or just gas? From The Daily Beast: Methane is a familiar chemical, whether you know it by that name or…
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Are comets the origin of Earth’s oceans?
[ I am reviving the Bowler Hat Science blog as a quick way to link all my new publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all my stories! ] Are comets the origin of Earth’s oceans? From The Daily Beast: Water, water everywhere, but where did it come from? One common explanation is…
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Using Black Holes to Measure Dark Energy, Like a BOSS
Far from being invisible, black holes are among some of the brightest objects in the Universe. The black holes themselves aren’t emitting light, but the matter they draw in heats up and much of it shoots back out in powerful jets. When that happens, the black hole is known as a quasar, and it can…
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