Geo-engineering

It occurred to me today as I was reading about researchers being able to reliably predict snowstorms on Mars, that what we humans are doing here on Earth could be perfect for terraforming our red neighbour. Although Mars’ atmosphere is largely CO2, 95.3% in fact, it is so tenuou

This week I looked at a combination of some old and new headlines that I hope you find interesting:   U.S. Navy to Replace Mine-Seeking Marine Mammals with Robots; Pee Power to Fuel Battlefield Technology; We Found a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes in Dogs; Solar Sponge Invented for Car

On this our last headlines posting for 2012 I have selected the following five stories: Wind Power Tax Policies Have Worked to Increase Capacity; Robockey – Robotic Game Sharpens Engineering Skills; Can Geo-Engineering Stop the Arctic Sea Ice From Melting? Roboy Project Focused

We live on Lifeboat Earth. Our sea is the Universe. To be ignorant of this is to ignore the potential consequences of our bad behavior and its impact on the boat. We have to stop putting spikes in the bottom of it otherwise we will eventually sink. Instead we need to protect every squ

I always have liked the number 13, call me crazy. I know many of you are superstitious about some numbers. My mom was about the number 7. Many buildings today don’t have a 13th floor  because that number is deemed unlucky. But for the North American British colonies, 13 turned o

Agriculture Update: Genetically Modified Sheep Produce the Right Fat That is if you are convinced by the recent announcement from researchers in China who have been working with sheep to produce healthier meat alternatives for Chinese consumers. In support of this effort the Beijing G

Re-engineering the planet may be tougher than re-engineering humanity argues S. Matthew Liao, of New York University, in an article, Human Engineering and Climate Change published in Ethics, Policy & Environment. With the impact of greenhouse gases and rising atmospheric temperatu

For the last two weeks here in Toronto the temperature has been abnormally warm. Today, March 19, 2012, we will see late May, early June daytime high temperatures. This is the second winter in the last three to produce a winter that by Toronto standards can only be called balmy. Which

When I was a younger man I wrote a short story about a girl who lived on Mars. Her father, a scientist, was in the business of changing the Martian atmosphere and his gift to his daughter was to give her a living tree outside the protected air envelope that was home to his family on M