In really old radiation news, a flash of invisible light in the constellation Leo 3,600,000,000 years ago has astrophysicists all worked up again. “We were just about to give up and go be astrologers, when we suddenly saw a gamma-ray … Continue reading
In space orthopedics, images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory have diagnosed the first known case of intergalactic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The new image shows a condition known as pareidolia, or pulsar wind nebula, a particularly painful type of CTS caused by repeatedly grabbing … Continue reading
I was a science geek as a kid. When I was in elementary school, I had a set of books on various scientific topics called the How and Why Wonder Books. There were dozens of them, and they ran the … Continue reading
A Labor of Like 