Monthly Archives: January 2013

Why We’ll Find Aliens In Our Lifetime

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

So now that I have your attention with aliens and giant space lasers, today’s topic will be about extrasolar planets, or planets that orbit stars beside our sun.  There’s a lot of them that we know of now.  A lot.  According … Continue reading →

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Deliberative Elections WIP

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

Note to users of WordPress- be very careful with hitting backspace. If this seems hastily written, that’s because I just deleted my entire post. Grrr.  Our project will be Chapter 4, Deliberative Elections.  The entire chapter is basically about how … Continue reading →

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Holding Nature Hostage

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

What do toxic chemicals, water that lights on fire, and undrinkable groundwater have in common? Sadly, more than they should.  Though it probably sounds more like an end-times horror movie, these are all involved in a process known as hydraulic … Continue reading →

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Gold Mining on Asteroids- Welcome to the 21st Century

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

This week, another company announced plans to mine asteroids for precious minerals and water.  Yes, another.  In case you hadn’t heard, there are now two companies with plans to harvest materials from near-Earth asteroids and bring them back for use on … Continue reading →

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Online Deliberation Sites

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

For my online deliberation project, I have found three websites that seem suitable for commenting on. First, CNN is a very broad, popular news agency.  They always have articles on many subjects, including things that I am knowledgeable about, such … Continue reading →

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WIP- This I Believe Draft

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

I Believe in Not Believing One day, I was talking to my beautiful girlfriend.   We had been dating for about a year at this point, so I felt like I was fairly adept at judging her emotions.  In fact, … Continue reading →

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Do it Yourself Planet Hunting, or How You Can Put Your Name on a Planet

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

Almost a year ago, several amateur astronomers discovered their  first planet without ever having to set foot outside.  Named PH1 (Planet Hunters 1), this gas giant was found orbiting in a 4-star system 5000 light years away. That’s right, it’s … Continue reading →

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WIP Week 1- Civic Issues Decision

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

For my Civic Issues blog topic, I’ve been waffling between two very different choices. On the one hand, I really like the topic of green energy, and there is the Energy issue under the Environment category.  I know a lot … Continue reading →

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Blog Plans- Woo!

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

Hello everybody!  For this semester’s blogging, I’m staying with the same topic as last semester.  While my blog started out as purely an astrophoto blog, it ended up more as a general astronomy discussion.  That’s good, because I’m running out … Continue reading →

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