Spaceward, ho!

CREDIT: NASA/Glenn Research Center The prospects for exotic new space propulsion systems are getting better and better these days. Space.com reports that antimatter fusion drives could be ready within 50-60 years: A fusion-powered spacecraft could reach Jupiter within four months, potentially opening up parts of the outer solar system to manned exploration, according to a […]

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Classifying book readers

What’s your sign, book lover? Turns out I’m a “Chronological” with a dash of “Bookophile”: The Chronological Reader. Slow and steady wins the race, dear reader. You are the tortoise to the promiscuous reader’s distracted-at-any-turn hare. You buy a book, you read it. You buy another, you read it. Perhaps you borrow a book at […]

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