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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Startup To Offer One-Way Mars Trip Bored with talk about building a lunar colony? A Dutch startup that goes by the name Mars One says it will establish a colony on Mars by 2023, according to the Mars One website. Click the link above to learn more. TODAY: How To See Spectacular Transit Of Venus WATCH: What's A Flame? Animated Video Explains PHOTOS: Science History, June 4-10 WATCH: Mosquito's Amazing Trick Math Solves Mystery Of Beer Brand's Sinking Bubbles BLOG POSTS Dr. Jon C. Henderson: Pavlopetri: A Lost Society Not So Different From Ours Pavlopetri is a settlement frozen in time, an ancient city dating back 5,000 years which has lain submerged under the sea for millennia off the south-east coast of Greece. And this was not a town of simple farmers, but a port city with a sophisticated society. Dr. William D. Nesse: Why the Queen's Diamonds Are Truly Remarkable They make lovely gems that symbolize the strength and resolve of the British monarchy. But perhaps more importantly, their unsurpassed physical properties make them a critical industrial commodity. Ed Finn: What Is Science Fiction Good For? As it turns out, science fiction is a great educational tool for getting people to think seriously about the future. Imagining a world with actual people in it forces you to create not just the technologies of the future but societies with blind spots and ethical challenges. Marten Weber: Science Fiction or Science Fact? What Happened to the Gay Gene? Ever since The Science of Desire by Dean Hamer (1993), the scientific world and gays and lesbians around the world have been plagued by the idea of a single gene controlling human sexual orientation. The specter of de-gaying by gene therapy has haunted us ever since. Phillip A. Ortiz, Ph.D.: Faith, Hope and Reason Why the laws of nature came to exist is an unknowable, but on the other hand how the laws of nature function is not only knowable but also important to know.

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