Category Archives: Science/Math
Museums Free-for-All Day: Sunday, January 28th
Dozens of local museums invite visitors to attend free of charge on this special day. See the complete list here. This offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at … Continue reading
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Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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Baltimore Star-Gazer Shares the Sky on a Street Corner
“If you’ve ever visited the Fells Point neighborhood on the Baltimore waterfront, you may have noticed an older man standing on the street corner, telescope in hand. Herman Heyn [84], self-proclaimed ‘star hustler,’ has been setting up in the same … Continue reading
William Borucki: Kepler Planet-Hunting Visionary Retires
“The driving force behind NASA’s prolific planet-hunting Kepler mission is retiring, ending a 53-year career with the space agency. Bill Borucki came up with the idea for the Kepler observatory in the early 1980s and continued championing the concept through … Continue reading
Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine
This year’s British Medical Journal holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots. “The findings, published in the Christmas issue of the British Journal of Medicine, may not seem like … Continue reading
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Steven Politis: Retired Engineer, Advanced Math Tutor
“Remember all those lunar experiments astronaut Neil Armstrong had to carry out after he took mankind’s first steps on the moon and planted the American flag? Politis was on the elite team of engineers that developed them at Northrop Grumman. … Continue reading
NASA Recruiter Nichelle Nichols
From the late 1970’s until the late 1980’s, NASA employed “Star Trek” actor Nichelle Nichols to recruit new astronaut candidates. Many of her new recruits were women or members of racial and ethnic minorities. And now, she’s back with NASA … Continue reading
Physicist Dr. Peter Higgs of the Higgs Boson Particle
“It was in 1964 that Dr. Higgs, then a 35-year old assistant professor at the University of Edinburgh, predicted the existence of a new particle — now known as the Higgs boson, or the ‘God particle’ — that would explain … Continue reading
