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  • Thanks to Science We Now Know How Our Bodies Keep Time

    Thanks to Science We Now Know How Our Bodies Keep Time

    I have been waking up increasingly earlier and earlier.  As someone who loves sleep, especially in the morning, this is disturbing to me.  I’m not talking 9 am, folks.  I’m talking 5 or 5:30 am.  My alarm clock is scheduled to go off at 6 am every day, but for some reason, my body tells me…

  • Why Did NASA Have to Destroy the Spacecraft Cassini?

    Why Did NASA Have to Destroy the Spacecraft Cassini?

    You may have read our piece last week about the spacecraft Cassini, and how it was going to meet it’s demise in a Grand Finale.  What wasn’t exactly clear was why Cassini was coming to an end.  When we reported on it last week, it did seem kind of odd, didn’t it?  I mean, it…

  • NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Will Actually Fly Into Saturn

    NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Will Actually Fly Into Saturn

    The NASA spacecraft Cassini is making its way back to earth, which has been the plan for months now, but the sad news is that it won’t survive the trip.  Cassini has been on a 13 year mission, and now the spacecraft will be making the plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere.  And with that, it will…