Monthly Archives: June 2019

Review Book: Moon Rush

Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David National Geographic, 2019 hardcover, 224 pp., illus. ISBN 978-1-4262-2005-0 US$26.00 Well, that was close. For a time Friday afternoon, it appeared that President Trump was bringing NASA’s accelerated return to the … Continue reading

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There Is A World-Wide Shortage Of Helium

The world risks running out of helium, which would have enormous impacts on medical imaging and scientific research. Pixabay Go into your neighborhood party store for some helium filled balloons, and there’s a good chance they’ll be out of helium. … Continue reading

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Wyoming Helium Production Helps Keep World Supply Afloat

Helium may be the second-lightest element, but it’s weighing heavily on a lot of minds these days as the world struggles with its third global shortage in just 14 years. It’s gotten bad enough that, when party supply superstore Party … Continue reading

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Helium, A Pending Disaster That No One Is Talking About

Unless we’re spending time under water or in outer space, we kind of take oxygen for granted. It’s literally everywhere, completely surrounding us. And it’s quite renewable, as long as we fill our environment with plants and carbon dioxide. But … Continue reading

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