Category Archives: NASA

I, For One, Welcome Our Gammaproteobacterial Arsenic-Using Overlords: Why Old School Microbiology Still Matter

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

This paper demonstrates the need for culturing organisms. That’s something we should emphasize when we train students and post-docs.
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Posted in Aliens! I Seen 'Em!, E. coli, Ecology, Genomics, Microbiology, Microbiome, NASA, News Media

Could We Still Put a Man on the Moon?

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

We would have to do a lot of reverse engineering.
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Posted in Funding, NASA | 15 Comments

The Stimulus: Better Than It Looked…

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

Could have been worse.
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Posted in Funding, NASA, NIH, NSF

It Looks Like Science Will Be Well Stimulated

Posted on February 12, 2009 by

Not too shabby.
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Posted in Funding, NASA, NIH, NSF | 2 Comments

More Senator Nelson/Blue Dog Budget Insanity

Posted on February 6, 2009 by

A day later, and Senator Nelson is still a repulsive person.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, CDC, Compulsive Centrist Disorder, Conservatives, Democrats, Education, Funding, NASA, NSF, Public Health, The War on Science | 3 Comments

Why Blue Dog Democrats Are Despicable

Posted on February 6, 2009 by

Because slashing funding for NSF, catching rapists, and the Smithsonian will make America better. Or something.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Democrats, Funding, NASA, NSF, Rape, The War on Science, You're Having a Bad Hair Life | 11 Comments

NASA’s Michael Griffin: How Not to Talk to Your (Future) Boss

Posted on December 12, 2008 by

I think NASA director Mike Griffin wants to lose his job.
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Posted in NASA, WhatEVAH! | 12 Comments

NASA Scientists Are Terrorist Sexbots

Posted on September 29, 2007 by

Because if NASA scientists do science, the terrorists win. Or something. The Republican Nanny State runs amok.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Let's Talk About Sex, Baby, NASA, The Soviet, The War on Science | 3 Comments