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Here’s this week’s science column, just a trifle later than usual… SCIENCE Edward Willett Why we make mistakes The holidays are supposed to be a time of rest and relaxation, but if you’re like me, after several nights of parties, you feel pretty much as sleep-deprived as you did before the holidays, if not more …

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Australian astronomers have created the first tentative map of the Galactic Habitable Zone.

This excellent article makes the point that to deal with the future, we need citizens who are scientifically literate–and few are.

With luck, on Christmas Day, we’ll be able to say “The Beagle has landed!”.

I’ve read so much garbage about Tolkien’s work somehow glorifying war, garbage that ignores the fact that Tolkien fought in the trenches in the First World War and lost all but one of his closest childhood friends there. This columnist gets it right.

The first privately built piloted, rocket-powered craft broke the sound barrier on its maiden flight. Next destination, space?

This week’s science column… A Century of Flight Copyright 2003 by Edward Willett This week, as people are flying home (or wherever) for Christmas, I hope they spare a thought for the two bicycle makers who made it all possible 100 years ago. On December 17, 1903, at 10:35 a.m., a fragile craft took off …

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Old science fiction ideas have a way of showing up as current news, have you ever noticed?

This discovery could lead to new ways to treat alcoholism–and improve society for everyone.

Here are “10 Reasons to Put Humans Back on the Moon”.

I’ve written books aboutPowerPoint; I’m so ashamed.