Oct 17, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
After successfully pulling off a crucial technical maneuver, the ExoMars spacecraft is now two days away from making history.
The primary objective of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission is to determine if enough methane and other gases exist on the Martian surface to prove that life exists — or used to exist — on the Red Planet. ... Read Original Article
Oct 17, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
It seems that followers of Elon Musk will have to wait another two days before his latest product unveiling.
In a tweet sent out on Sunday afternoon, Musk announced that Tesla needs until Wednesday to refine its upcoming launch. This was going to be part of a pair of product launches that Musk had promised last week, one for today and the other for Friday, October 28th.... Read Original Article
Oct 17, 2016 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Health Care Reform, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
With a single tweet, Sen. Bernie Sanders has cost Ariad Pharmaceuticals $387 million.
The article retweeted by Sanders was from Stat, a publication that specializes in covering health and medical news. It reported that, since the beginning of the year, Ariad has raised the price of its Iclusig chronic myeloid leukemia treatment by 27 percent.... Read Original Article
Oct 11, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 11, 2016)
Less than two months after Samsung launched its highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7, and less than one month after issuing a recall, it has now been announced that the new smartphone is being scrapped altogether. The reason, it seems, is that consumers aren’t too fond of having their smartphones catch on fire.
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Aug 3, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Science and Technology
Published: Quartz (August 3, 2016)
Green Party candidate Jill Stein likes to present herself as a pro-science, more idealistic alternative to Hillary Clinton. Stein has so far managed to stay out of the media maelstrom, but a series of troubling comments are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. One of Stein’s most problematic opinions resurfaced this week when her campaign deleted a tweet in which she claimed there is “no evidence that autism is caused by vaccines.”... Read Original Article
Jul 30, 2016 | mic, Science and Technology
Published: The Good Men Project (July 30, 2016)
“It appears therefore more natural to think of physical reality as a four dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three dimensional existence.”
This is a quote from Albert Einstein, who offered it to explain how the past and future both co-exist in the present moment.... Read Original Article
