Yahoo : Asteroid will swing by, but won't stop

The asteroid will drift by Earth this Tuesday, not too close to hit here. It will fly by about 334,000 miles away from here. The asteroid is at least 500-feet long.

The next asteroid visit will be in 2027 and it is not expected to land here either.

If they take a good picture of asteroid this Tuesday, I'll love to check it out!

For further reading, click on the link below.

Asteroid will swing by, but won't stop

NYT : Entrepreneur Unveils New Tourist Spacecraft

How about going into space as a tourist? Virgin Galactic has been working diligently to develop the space ship that can travel into space for a short time then return to Earth. The ship would contain the aerodynamic drag that allows the craft for a glider landing back on Earth. They have been experimenting with X-1 through X-15 for decades and they have improved that there is an alternate way to travel into space and return to Earth. The craft will become public in 2009 or 2010. For further reading, click on the link below.

Entrepreneur Unveils New Tourist Spacecraft

NYT : Diabetes Study Favors Surgery to Treat Obese

Even though the surgery is not new, the study has suggested that surgery is the best option to help the obese patients with Type-2 diabetes. The surgery costs between $17,000 & $25,000. This is extravagant! For further reading, click on the link below.

Diabetes Study Favors Surgery to Treat Obese

NYT : The Claim: Too Much Cola Can Cause Kidney Problems

The researchers have been coming up with some evidence that too much cola can cause cause some problems other than obesity and diabetes. It can cause the kidney problems. It's actually better to drink noncola or even just water and natural preserved juice. For further reading, click on the link below.


The Claim: Too Much Cola Can Cause Kidney Problems

NYT : New Zealand Builds a Nest Big Enough to Save Kiwis

i just read an article from The New York Times about New Zealand trying to save kiwis that are in danger of becoming extinct. Kiwi is a small flightless bird that is considered as the national bird. Kiwi's population in about 1820s was as many as five million. Today's population is about 75,000. The Europeans have introduced predators such as ferrets, weasels, stoats, dogs, and cats.

I am praising the program's effort to save kiwis and other endangered animals from becoming extinct.

For further reading, click on the link below.

New Zealand Builds a Nest Big Enough to Save Kiwis

I'm back!!

I have been neglecting my blogger for weeks due to my two-week vacation in Buenos Aires & Chile, holidays, and other stuff. I have been toying with my new Mac and surfing net.

I hope to start posting science news again soon. At one point, I'd like to be more creative with my posts.

I just finished reading Nemesis by Asimov. I know that it's just a science fiction. Do you think that it's possible to travel at high speed in space? Will there be any device that allows the vessel travel as fast as light speed? In my own opinion, I don't think that it is possible even though the device is built with the vaccuum technology. No one would be able to invent this kind of device. I am almost certain that it's impossible to build the vessel to travel at high speed. If this device exists at other worlds where the aliens are more advanced, why haven't they come to visit here? To me, this is a science fiction!