GRAIL probe crashes unlikely to disturb any historic lunar landing sites Beacon Staff Reporter In a grand finale to the $496 million gravity mapping mission, the NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes will hit the lunar surface on Dec. 17. The cosmic collision has become inevitable as they have run out of [...]
Policy-based science of climate change winning the day at IPCC By Stephen Murgatroyd, PhD FRSA When we seek to understand the science of climate change, we need to understand that there are at least three kinds of science in use. The first we will call “conventional science” in which observable data either leads [...]
Climate change science is not settled By Stephen Murgatroyd Tropical super storm Sandy brought destruction to parts of New York, New Jersey and coastal areas adjacent to these great States. Fifty people died and power was lost in several communities for weeks. It was a devastating storm. It also [...]
June 18, 2012 By Matt Palmer A couple of weeks ago I posted the first two videos of a series called “How We Understand Energy”. In this series I will be interviewing people from all walks of life and perspectives with the goal of gaining a greater understanding of people’s energy literacy. I approached a [...]
June 11, 2012 By Matt Palmer On Monday I booked an appointment with Enmax for a home visit to investigate if it is worthwhile installing a solar energy system for our home. I am curious to learn more about how the system works, particularly the costs. I know it is not likely going to save us money, but if [...]
