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Hope. This is why, in part, I am an atheist.

Carl Sagan’s last interview on Charlie Rose: The point is, how can any world view which is based upon either ignorance of, apathy towards, or misconception about the physical universe offer any realistic promise or hope or optimism, any more … Continue reading

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Woo hoo! OCO-2 on station!

See the story, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Added 12th August 2014. More from NASA JPL.

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Celebrate Aphelion!

This happened about a half hour ago. It’s all downhill from here! Well, until periheilion any way. We are at the farthest point from the Sun we’ll be for about a year.

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