Political Inertia is killing the UN.. and a Hockey Analogy

If you frequent my site you may have been somewhat surprised at the lack of coverage of the UN Super-Summit this past week. I have talked a little about it here but that was before the Summit began. The reason I have not is because there isn’t much to report. And frankly, I’m disappointed about …

Does our Sun have a sibling?

A new book says it might… The phenomenon known as the precession of the equinox, fabled as a marker of time by ancient peoples, is not due to a local wobbling of the Earth as modern theory portends, but to the solar system’s gentle curve through space. This movement of the solar system occurs because …

Japanese Probe pulls up to Asteroid

takes some photos, and looks for a parking space. In November the probe will attempt to land… fire a projectile into the surface, take off, and catch the dust particles as they escape from the asteroid. It sounds sort of like when my cat bounds through our neighbours dandelions simultaneously scaring and catching bugs. Once …