Thursday, September 22, 2016
Craft beer in the Texas Hill Country
Good beer, beautiful scenery, great times. The Texas Hill Country Beer Trail features 20 independent breweries offering tastings, tours, games and fun. Read about four of them here, then pick your own route.
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beer trail,
breweries,
craft beer,
Texas Hill Country
Making better medicines
Growing high-resolution crystals in space helps scientists develop more efficient and targeted medicines. Read about how this investigation aboard the space station supports structure-based design.
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cyrstal growth,
International Space Station,
NASA,
science,
space
Dissolving Pills in Space
Testing how solids dissolve in space can help scientists develop better medicines for astronauts and the Earth-bound masses. Read about this investigation aboard the space station here.
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International Space Station,
NASA,
science,
space
Monday, September 12, 2016
Sea Turtle Nerd Nite
Video from my talk on sea turtles at Nerd Nite Austin is now available. If you don't know what to do with yourself until the next Game of Thrones or Stranger Things episodes, check it out here! Nerd Nite happens every month; learn more here.
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endangered species,
Nerd Nite,
sea turtles
Saturday, September 3, 2016
From Underwater to Outer Space
Astronauts train for spacewalks from the International Space Station (okay, that's not really outer space, but it works in the headline!) in a giant pool at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Read about how that works in my story for Sport Diver.
Full-size model of the space station at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Houston.
Full-size model of the space station at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Houston.
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Houston,
Johnson Space Center,
NASA,
NBL,
scuba diving,
space station
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