We earthlings must reject misleading prophesies such as the Malthusian fear that we are running out of resources on our planet. Resources abound off-Earth in space. Humanity's potential for growth is unlimited. Failure to terraform and colonize Mars would constitute a failure to live up to our...
We need an Earth-like planet. Mars is also too cold to be like Earth. We are making Earth warmer every year, because of the high CO2 emissions. So, we already know how to make a planet warmer. We can use the same method on Mars: we can increase the CO2 in Mars’ atmosphere. The...
About the post itself: There are three main parts. Part 1 provides the context and background, Part 2 explores the “Why” part of colonizing Mars, and Part 3 digs into the “How.” To make reading this post as accessible as possible, it’s broken into five pages, each about the len...
Part 3: How to Colonize Mars There are some tough “going from A to B” situations in life. Going from A) I can’t believe my alarm just went off to B) Now I’m sitting at work. From A) My lease ends next month to B) Now I’m totally moved into a new apartment and all ...
The first test launch of the world’s most powerful rocket ended dramatically as it broke apart in the sky. But there’s still a lot riding on it—including NASA’s ambition to return to the moon.
We are right in one respect: The sun is super hot. Yet at 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, it's not so hot that a little lean this way or that matters to us beach or ski bums. It's not the proximity of your hemisphere to the sun that makes summer warm and winte...
"We think the momentum is fantastic and we believe it will continue," Bailey, of Apple Pay, said. Other features coming from eBay and Amazon, like personalization or voice shopping, will be harder for traditional retailers to replicate. Still, some smaller sellers are getting better at the mo...
We’re back to readers’ wildlife, and I have about five days’ worth, but please send in your photos. Today being Sunday, we’re featuring the photos ofJohn Avise, who has moved from birds to butterflies. John’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on th...
There are many reasons to get more sleep but here’s an important one: you may die prematurely if you don’t. So keep yourself alive longer by indulging in a good nights rest. The Results are In Although many won’t believe that a lack of sleep could literally kill you, the results ...
We’ll come back to that. One thing they’re probably paying attention to is the pattern of extinction events throughout the history of life on 143-Snoogie. Let’s take a look. The Scary Thing About the Universe Species extinctions are kind of like human deaths—they’re happening ...