Sierra Faith

This seems to be good news: Scientists have found a way to produce nearly unlimited amounts of food in the desert, fueled by desalinated salt water and sunlight. It sounds like a pipe dream, but it’s not—it’s already happening in Australia and Qatar, and may soon spread further if these early trials deliver on their [...]

15 Questions for Evolutionists. More here.

He does not demean. Romney celebrates what makes America exceptional — that we dream and reach out to the stars. And “to do my duty to God and my country.” An inspiring story that reminds us of dreams and the Boy Scouts.

Not saying that Sandy was not a terribly destructive storm, but we all think we live through the worst of times. Perspective.

This is great.

Hmmm.

The first man to walk on the moon has died at 82.

In two decades according to ex-BP chief. The big growth in oil extracted from shale rock means the US will not need to import any crude within two decades, the former boss of BP has said. Lord Browne told a conference in Oxford the US would be “completely independent of imported oil, probably by 2030″. [...]

It would seem so. Michael Mann, like Joe Paterno (and to a lesser degree, Jerry Sandusky) was a rock star in the context of Penn State University, bringing in millions in research funding. The same university president who resigned in the wake of the Sandusky scandal was also the president when Mann was being whitewashed [...]

Battling cancer.