Space Is Dirty, and the Swiss Are Cleaning It Up

Space Is Dirty, and the Swiss Are Cleaning It Up

Feb 15, 2012 | Forbes

CleanSpace One Space is a dirty place. Over 16,000 pieces of debris over 10 cm wide have been left behind since Sputnik took to the skies in 1957. And now the Swiss want to do something about it. Scientists with the Swiss Space Center at the École Polytechnique...
Five Reasons Why Aliens Make Better Lovers

Five Reasons Why Aliens Make Better Lovers

Aug 1, 2010 | Lightspeed Magazine

by CAROL PINCHEFSKY PUBLISHED IN SEP. 2010 (ISSUE 4) | 1266 WORDS Humans are sexual beings, but though the human urge to merge is rooted in our biological imperative to procreate, nowadays we do it, well, mostly just for fun. And if the aliens we encounter aren’t made...