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Close Shave: Asteroid To Buzz Earth Next Week
This computer image from a NASA video shows the small asteroid 2012 DA14 on its path as it passes by Earth on Feb. 15. An asteroid the size of an office building will zoom close by Earth next week, but it's not on a collision course, NASA says.
When Einstein Met Tagore
Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality. On July 14, 1930, Albert Einstein welcomed into his home on the outskirts of Berlin the Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore .‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt
Photograph from NASA via Reuters The star V838 Monocerotis's light echo. “Why is there something rather than nothing?”
NASA/JPL-Caltech The NuSTAR telescope, seen in this artist's illustration, will soon be sending back data that researchers will use to study black holes.
Telescope Targets Black Holes' Binges And Burps
Orfeo: A Dialog between Robert Hunter and Terence McKenna
This is Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five (current) Terence, in reading your books I was struck with how closely your DMT experiments paralleled my own.
Einstein & Faith
He was slow in learning how to talk. "My parents were so worried," he later recalled, "that they consulted a doctor." Even after he had begun using words, sometime after the age of 2, he developed a quirk that prompted the family maid to dub him "der Depperte," the dopey one.
The “,” proposed almost 50 years ago to allow for consistency between theoretical predictions and experimental observations in elementary particle physics, appears to have been discovered — even as the detailed nature of the discovery allows room for even more exotic revelations that may be just around the corner.
The Higgs Boson, a Blip That Speaks of Our Place in the Universe
It's barbecue season, and you need to sound smart while drinking beer around your charred meat. But how will you discuss the most important scientific news of the year — and maybe of the decade — if you don't know anything about it?
The Non-Nerd's Guide to the God Particle, the Holy Grail of Particle Physics
The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space? | Watch NOVA Online
Meteor Strike A meteor burst into a fireball over Siberia.
Elon Musk at SXSW: "I Would Like to Die on Mars, Just Not on Impact"
AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk , the founder and CEO of SpaceX . During his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one day like to set foot on Mars, but only if he knew his company could carry on without him and the technology could get him there safely. The old joke, Musk told NowThisNews , was that he would like to die on Mars, just not on impact.