Articles by David Cox

What is Space? A Brief Exposé of our Neglected Stepchild in Physics

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NASA Announces 10 New Astronaut Candidates Today. Four Women, and Six Men From Diverse Backgrounds.

NASA will announce its 2021 crop of astronauts which was delayed at least twice due to COVID 19. There were around 20,000 applicants for this arduous job. Which is surprising since the…

Reuters States No Definitive Evidence Of Transgender Social Contagion, Then Reports It Like A Scientific Fact.

In science the things that have a tiny probability of happening are the things which make for the best headlines. News reporters cover crashes, not safe landings or auto races where nothing…

50 Years Ago Today, Apollo 8 Soared Into Space - And Cicero Cheered

Half a century of Christmases ago, the NASA space mission Apollo 8 became the first manned craft to leave low Earth orbit, atop the unprecedentedly powerful Saturn V rocket, and head out to…

Monsanto Gets 5th Victory Over Predatory Lawyers In Roundup Case

Roundup, and its important ingredient glyphosate, act on a biological pathway only found in plants. In the American legal system, science is basically irrelevant in a jury trial, though, so anyone…