‘In the News’ Archives

A well-written scientific report on the solar minimum without sensationalistic or armageddon overtones appeared June … More on the Solar Minimum

An analysis published online in Discovery News on June 14, 2011, by self-professed space geek … “Is the Sun About to Fizzle Out?”

A Gallup poll released in early June 2011 reveals that the people of the United … Gallup Poll Reveals 9 in 10 Americans Believe in God

The NASA video of the June 7, 2011, solar flare appeared online on the NASA … NASA Video of the June 7th 2011 Solar Flare

Award-winning and controversial documentary film Eat The Sun debuts Tuesday, May 11, 2011, on DVD … New Film Release: Eat the Sun

In this guest blog published in Scientific American on May 23, 2011, physicist Sean Carroll … “Physics and the Immortality of the Soul”

Christianity could become one of the macro forces shaping Chinese culture, say experts like Dr. … “Christianity in China”

“Ryan Anderson sits at a desk in his home studio, tinkering away on his laptop and occasionally twisting a knob on the nearby mixer. He’s playing a remix of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” a track his partner in musical endeavors, Matt Madonna, created about seven months earlier when the two best friends first formed their DJ collaboration Love and Light. . . .”

“Space physicists have finished assembling a second complete sweep around the sky, and the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has again delivered an unexpected result. ‘The map has changed significantly. . . . Our discovery of changes over six months in the IBEX data from the edge of our solar system show that the interaction of our Sun and the galaxy is amazingly dynamic,’ says David McComas (Southwest Research Institute), principal investigator for the IBEX mission. ‘We thought the outer heliosphere would be stable over time – and IBEX is showing us that it’s not. This is changing the game completely.’”

“Should we stay out of the summer sun? Not at all, according to a growing group of physicians. Sunlight can be good for you.”