ComPost: science


Posted at 04:13 PM ET, 11/29/2012

Mercury has ice, announces NASA
By Alexandra Petri
Wake me when there's vodka.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:13 PM ET, 11/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Science

Posted at 03:08 PM ET, 01/06/2012

Temporal cloaking, undetectable events, and Rick Santorum
By Alexandra Petri

By Alexandra Petri  |  03:08 PM ET, 01/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  science, Santorum

Posted at 02:01 PM ET, 12/13/2011

Higgs boson: Are you there, God particle? It’s me, CERN!
By Alexandra Petri
It’s me, CERN.

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:01 PM ET, 12/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Science, huzzah

Posted at 05:55 PM ET, 12/06/2011

Jon Huntsman’s climate flop?
By Alexandra Petri
Maybe the meaning of “change” changed

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:55 PM ET, 12/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP 2012, Huntsman, science?

Posted at 02:54 PM ET, 12/06/2011

New habitable planet! The view from Kepler 22b.
By Alexandra Petri
Blue. Tranquil. Inhabited?

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:54 PM ET, 12/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Science, NASA, planets

Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 11/07/2011

Proposed Mississippi ‘personhood’ amendment doesn’t go far enough
By Alexandra Petri
About that Mississippi amendment

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:36 PM ET, 11/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mississippi, laws, science, oy

Posted at 07:08 PM ET, 08/25/2011

Bisexuals exist! Now what?
By Alexandra Petri
The evolving mythology of the dating scene.

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:08 PM ET, 08/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  bisexuality, mythology, sex, science

Posted at 11:22 AM ET, 08/24/2011

So you’ve been asked a question about science but you want to be the nominee...
By Alexandra Petri
What’s next, for GOP presidential candidates and the rest of us

By Alexandra Petri  |  11:22 AM ET, 08/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  science, handy charts, GOP 2012, rick perry

Posted at 04:12 PM ET, 08/17/2011

Rick Perry, global warming and those durn scientists
By Alexandra Petri
Who’s the heretic?

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:12 PM ET, 08/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Perry, science, Mitt Romney

Posted at 09:32 AM ET, 06/27/2011

Miss USA versus the Scopes — proof of evolution?
By Alexandra Petri
Is it science we don’t know? Or history?

By Alexandra Petri  |  09:32 AM ET, 06/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Science, monkeys, Miss USA

Posted at 04:45 PM ET, 02/03/2011

Kepler 10-b? I thought I was an only planet!
By Alexandra Petri
A rendering of rocky planet Kepler 10-b. (Agence France-Presse via NASA) I don't know if the Kepler Project is out to make us feel like a small, insignificant speck, but it's doing a good job. I used to look up...

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:45 PM ET, 02/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Big Deals, Big Deals, Big Deals | Tags:  NASA, science, space

Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 10/08/2010

Five rejected applications to Obama's MTV town hall
By Alexandra Petri
Backstage.com offered the following listing for a town-hall meeting with President Obama. PRESIDENT OBAMA TOWN HALL, MTV MTV, BET and CMT are casting the audience for town hall meeting with President Obama. Shooting Oct. 14, 4 p.m. in Washington, D.C....

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:46 PM ET, 10/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Reality? Television, Reality? Television, Reality? Television | Tags:  Jerry Brown, science