Comment "All over the world" (Score 1) 111
Heh "all over the world" ... lets try northern hemisphere. The southern hemisphere is in the middle of winter.
Comment Toxic soil on Mars (Score 1) 549
Worth reading http://www.space.com/21554-mar... on toxic soil on Mars.
NASA Tests Flying Airbag 118
coondoggie writes "NASA is looking to reduce the deadly impact of helicopter crashes on their pilots and passengers with what the agency calls a high-tech honeycomb airbag known as a deployable energy absorber. So in order to test out its technology NASA dropped a small helicopter from a height of 35 feet to see whether its deployable energy absorber, made up of an expandable honeycomb cushion, could handle the stress. The test crash hit the ground at about 54MPH at a 33 degree angle, what NASA called a relatively severe helicopter crash."
Comment evolution & religion (Score 1) 1583
Isn't believing in evolution just as religious a position as any other belief?
None of us were there to see what happened, so any position is a matter of faith really - right?
If you believe in evolution, then you're trusting Charles Darwin and many scientists, and if you believe in creation, many are trusting in an ancient holy book like the Bible.
But ultimately, neither scientists nor religious people can prove in a truly scientific way beyond a shadow of a doubt what happened a long time ago - doesn't it really come down to a matter of faith in who you are trusting to be right?
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