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Public contributions to science increasingly common

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Biology and ecology have a long tradition of citizen science. Researchers relied on the public to observe and classify animal and plant species for over 100 years.

A significant budget increase for NASA in 2016

Posted in Business on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Congressional omnibus would increase the space agency's budget by $1.3 billion. He is the breakdown:

Curiosity finds continent-building rocks on Mars

Posted in Science on 15th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Early Mars may have been a bit more like early Earth.

All systems go for construction of world's largest optical telescope

Posted in Hardware on 4th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

When fully operational, the Giant Magellan Telescope will look further into space and farther back in time than any telescope ever made.

Student proves existence of plasma tubes floating above Earth

Posted in Science on 2nd Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Giant, invisible, moving plasma tubes fill the skies above Earth.