Video: humanity versus space radiation
Aside from government politics, space radiation is one of the biggest threats to humans seeking to leave our home world. Unless we find a way to protect ourselves, humanity will only be able to settle upon only a few worlds within our star system. As shown in the video below, scientists are attempting to find…
A bioengineered future in deep space
NASA’s Human Research Program is all about risk reduction, finding ways to counter fatigue and mitigate radiation damage, among other potential issues in space travel. But what if a different kind of program had evolved? After all, back in the 1960s the agency was looking into the much broader question of how a human being…
Roswell: the best late 90s alien teen soap opera on the WB EVER
For those of you who weren’t thirteen-years-old and female in 1999, Roswell was on after 7th Heaven in the pre-CW golden days of the WB, and almost nobody watched it. That isn’t to say Roswell didn’t have its glory days — the pilot debuted strong but began tanking fairly quickly. Executive producer Jason Katims (My…