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Posted by Bryan Healey on May 14, 2012 at 4:15 AM
For years, my weekly routine was outrageously predictable: five days of zombie-like exhaustion, trudging along in paralyzing routine from home to office to bed and back; then I arrive, triumphantly, upon the weekend! I engage in a rough average of seventeen hours of nightly sleep, barely bearing witness to the sun over the stretch, for two full days, awakening Sunday feeling energized and excited, prepared for the day! Yet on Monday, when it came, as it mostly did, all that weekend effort was mutilated by a single night's disaster...
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Posted by Bryan Healey on May 5, 2012 at 2:10 PM
I have come to believe that America is due, and in dire need of, a modern renaissance, a reinvigoration of culture and aptitude, a new birth of inspiration; a recognition of a life valued separately from the distractions of a grinding day for an earned dollar; a life free from debates on fiscal security and diplomacy (without arguing against the necessity of such things, I believe they should be supportive not dominant). Learning and advancement should be the driving force of motivation, and it would be pleasing perhaps to find it absent the pressing influence of an international conflict (although I'll take what I can get). For my sanity, I have to believe that we humans, planetary compatriots, the lot of us, are capable of unearthing passion born out of a desire to be better, to help others, to further discovery and knowledge, and not merely out of nationalistic fury or for monetary gain. Or, then again, maybe I've just been watching too many documentaries on the Apollo program and longing for a country in need of greatness; maybe I think too much. I'm going to go look up at the sky now, and dream...
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Mar 26, 2012 at 1:24 PM
James Cameron, the wealthy and famous film director known for blockbuster productions such as Titanic and Avatar, has made the perilous descent to the deepest point in the oceans known as the Marianas Trench. To put this achievement into perspective, Cameron is only the third human being to ever see what lay at the very bottom of the planet's surface, whereas twelve people have landed on and walked around the surface of the moon. Cameron joins very elite and unique company, and has returned to the surface with video documentation of his trip. I cannot wait to see that footage... http://he.aley.us/V6R
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Mar 18, 2012 at 4:57 PM
I recently discovered the open source project from UC Berkeley, called BOINC, that I recommend to anyone with an interest in furthering the advancement of science and medicine to download and install immediately. This program allows you to allot your idle computer processing time toward any of the registered projects that need computing time to solve real world problems, such a epidemiology research, the hunt for intelligent life in the universe, and artificial intelligence. Become a part of the solution!
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Feb 28, 2012 at 4:33 PM
A very long time ago, our home was nothing more than dust and gas in a crushing void. Hot and volatile, the swirl of matter perpetually colliding and spinning, a pinball machine of stone and froth, there lay amidst the mess everything that we now recognize as human and Earthly, and indeed, precious. It was slow and it was ugly, and the eons echo an average of destruction and despair, but from a vantage so long removed from the vortex of shapeless clutter and the clamor of violence that lead inexorably to the present, I find myself quite pleased with my unlikely footing. While the terrible needs of the day will always outplay a philosophy of detachment and majesty, as the looming sneer of death is real and waiting, it is a solace to consider, even for a moment, where I stand when the ether caves and the day seems...
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Jan 12, 2012 at 4:08 PM
My brain can barely comprehend the immensity of what this video demonstrates. The achievements of modern biological science truly boggle the mind, and there is no doubt that stem cell technology is the absolute future of medical science. While the technological, according to a cursory and surface-deep spat of research, is not ready for prime-time and has some limitations, it still represents the potential marvel of this infant science. http://gobb.us/04V
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Nov 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM
He may be dead, but I'd still like to commemorate the birthday of Carl Sagan, a man who argued for science literacy and furtherment, and was an exceptional orator and educator until his passing in 1996. As one of the most effective scientific influences in my own life, I hope that many more can continue to follow in his footsteps and preach for the advancement of the mind. Human achievement, and human survival, depends on it...
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Titusville - Posted by Bryan Healey on Jul 11, 2011 at 3:51 AM
This past week, me and my beautiful wife embarked on a pilgrimage to the Florida to watch the final NASA Space Shuttle mission blast off into the blue sky and kiss the heavens! STS-135 was scheduled for 11:26 AM EDT on July 8th, and it did not disappoint despite a day-long panic over the possibility of a weather-related delay. It was spectacular, magnificent, and bittersweet, a (hopefully) temporary moratorium on American manned spaceflight soon to come as Atlantis touches down for the final time...
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Jun 16, 2011 at 7:21 PM
In just over four weeks, the Space Shuttle, the flagship vehicle for American space exploration since the early 1980's, will disappear into the sky for the final time. Atlantis, on mission STS-135, will liftoff at approximately 11:40 AM EST on that Friday and put an end to the most successful space operation in American history (taking into consideration longevity, scientific advancement and overall contribution to technology and science.)It is truly a tragedy that there is no successor ready...
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Posted by Bryan Healey on Jun 8, 2011 at 6:47 PM
For those of you who are unaware, the sun suddenly and unexpectedly exploded yesterday! But don't panic; no one is going to die (from the sun exploding, anyway.) I may be behaving just a tad sensationalist, but when you see the photo and video evidence, you will see that it is almost believable! Yesterday, beginning at 6:41 UTC, the sun had medium-sized solar flare (approximately 75 times the size of the Earth). This alone is cool, but what elevated the event to spectacular status was...
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