In his recent remarks to congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of his countrymen and women, and of his land, in loving terms. I immediately remembered the poetry of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) set by David Nowakowsky (1848-1921), of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa, which evokes ...

The United Arab Emirates is planning an enormous colony on Mars, but first they are building the biggest Mars simulator right here on earth.

A coor versionof Albert Einstein Explaining E= MC^2, Real Speech.

2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and 780 million lack access to safe water. They walk miles, wait hours and pay high prices to meet these fundamental needs. Without access to safe water and sanitation, a huge segment of humanity does not have the opportunity to break the cycle o...

Neil Armstrong presents a Google moon video together with original footage taken from the Eagle module during his landing 20 July 1969. Captured from a webcast from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Hearing on NASA Human Spaceflight 22 Sep 2011.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has published a report on climate change and the impact it has on remote low lying Pacific Island communities. The Marshall Islands is made up of 29 low lying coral atolls and they are disappearing.

On the 26th of November 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory was launched from Cape Canaveral. This time lapse sequence shows a plume drifting against the background stars, probably caused by venting from the Centaur rocket after it carried out a burn over the Indian Ocean.

With more than 200 works by sixty Mexican and American artists, Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945 reorients art history, revealing the profound impact that the leading Mexican muralists—José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, known as "los tres

Elton "felt obligated to perform in Russia: 'As a gay man, I can't leave these people on their own.' "ohn posted a transcript of his statement on his Facebook account. It reads in part: "...I am deeply saddened and shocked over the current legislation that is now in place against the LGBT community

This artist's concept animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which launched November 26, 2011 and it is schedule to land in Mars on August 6, 2012.