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Braasch was recently interviewed by Eric Niiler for his Discovery News article “Drones Behaving Badly: Tackling Clogged Skies.” I’m still waiting for the federal government to create and enforce a $25,000 fine for anyone caught flying an unauthorized drone near...

A space rock worth $5.4 trillion? That’s the estimated value (according to figures in an article by Myra P. Saefong on MarketWatch.com), of the precious metals and materials contained in asteroid 2011 UW-158 that passed close to Earth this past Sunday. As the detailed...

While those of us with a scientific bent are geeking out over the incredible images of Pluto and its moons being sent back by NASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft (for example, HERE), an article published last October on dailyhop.com reveals some interesting facts about...

The lack of meaningful penalties and an almost non-existent campaign to raise public awareness means that hobby drones are still being flown around forest fires. See the news report from KCRA 3 in California about the latest incidents. As reported by KCRA, a California lawmaker...

According to a Reuters article, the captain of the TransAsia Airways airplane that crashed shortly after take-off in February inadvertently shut down the working engine after the other one had lost power. A report released by the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) showed that about 3...