Foreign Policy magazine has some astonishing projections for population growth in the world’s two most populous contries, China and India. The slideshow “Megacities” begins with “By 2030, China will have 221 cities with more than one million people. The US has 10.” The article also calculates the huge increases in mass transit, energy consumption, and real estate that this massive population explosion will involve.
Megacities (Foreign Policy)
Texting while driving is a huge problem, particularly among teens. The UK decided to create a four-minute public service announcement that is incredibly graphic. This PSA has reached the United States and its message couldn’t be more clear. Driving while distracted can be incredibly dangerous. Check out the PSA below:
NASA’s Swift space telescope has completed a stunning photo of our nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.
The Andromeda Galaxy was the first galaxy that was discovered, ushering in a completely new view of the universe–a cosmos that is home to billions of galaxies. Check it out!
Andromeda galaxy: Nasa Swift Satellite takes best-ever picture (Telegraph UK)
In a risky move, scientists pointed the orbiting Hubble Telescope toward a completely black patch in the sky devoid of any stars or galaxies. What the astronomers discovered was nothing less than astounding: a whole new group of thousands of galaxies, and a glimpse into the universe in its infancy. Check out this extraordinary video of the Ultra Deep Field:
Article source: Hubble’s 13-Billion Year Look Into Space. (The Daily Galaxy).
The second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, has decried the current lack of boldness on the part of NASA.
The outspoken astronaut, not one to mince words, said, “As I approach my 80th birthday, I’m in no mood to keep my mouth shut any longer when I see NASA heading down the wrong path. And that’s exactly what I see today. The agency’s current Vision for Space Exploration will waste decades and hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reach the moon by 2020—a glorified rehash of what we did 40 years ago. Instead of a steppingstone to Mars, NASA’s current lunar plan is a detour.”
Buzz Aldrin feels heading back to the moon shouldn’t be NASA’s next goal, but heading to Mars.
Article Source: Buzz Aldrin Speaks Out: Forget the Moon, Let’s Head to Mars (Discover)
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