Richard Leis

Month: January 2008

  • MESSENGER Returns First Image of Never Viewed Side of Mercury

    Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington – “MESSENGER’s First Look at Mercury’s Previously Unseen Side“ A heavily cratered side of the planet Mercury never before seen has been revealed by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft. A single image was released by NASA this evening after…

  • The 2.0 Project on Marblejars

    Read Richard’s current thoughts about transhumanism and related fringe topics here. [Commentary] [Defunct video and link] Mark McAllister started The 2.0 Project a couple years ago to bring attention to the plight of those who cannot secure the insurance or funding required for cryonics preservation services due to pre-existing conditions. I interviewed him for a…

  • Events Listing Moved

    Read Richard’s current thoughts about transhumanism and related fringe topics here. The sidebar list of upcoming events has been moved to a new website:  h+ Events [defunct link] This new site is part of a collection of sites and services related to transhumanism under the h+ banner.   All future science and technology event listings…