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Finally Seeing The Pluto System In All Its Glory

Jul 13, 2015

Pluto does not meet the definition of a planet but as we will see that does not diminish it. Far from a random and uninteresting chunk of ice, with little local gravitational influence on it’s neighborhood, it is an example of binary planetoids with tantalizing features. UPDATE

Hontas Farmer

Currently I am an adjunct professor at the College of DuPage. My research focuses on astrophysics from massive star formation to astroparticle physics. Born and raised in Chicagoland I have lived in Bellwood, IL since 1984 and attended public schoo…

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The Social Psychology Of Presidential Election Polls, Part 1 Of 2

Polar Bear Genome From 100,000 Years Ago Shows It Was Genetically Modified

Genetic admixture didn't begin in the 1970s, when insulin became the first government approved genetically modified organism (GMO) and AquAdvantage salmon, where an Atlantic salmon expresses a…

Editorial: This Week’s LA Non-riots

A Facebook friend opined that Los Angeles protesters could “turn LA into another Portland.” I expand for you my rejoinder to his post:

Environmental Protection Agency Puts Some Sense Back Into Federal Water Rules

A few years ago, after concern about the administration's efforts to use EPA to pick and choose winners in the private sector reached a crescendo, the U.S.