Monthly Archives: October 2014

The volcanic landscape of Gale Crater, Mars

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Tom Hopp

As the Mars rover Curiosity explores the landscape of Gale Crater, a 96 mile (154 km) wide hole in the planet with an imposing 3.4 mile (18 km) high central peak in its middle, a scientific conundrum has been reported … Continue reading →

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Ebola convalescent serum–I should have guessed!

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Tom Hopp

It’s all becoming clear: the CDC has been planning to use convalescent sera all along. That’s why they imported a couple of moon-suited ebola patients. Continue reading →

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Viruses, viruses, everywhere

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Tom Hopp

Let’s hope the mutation rate of EnteroVirus D68 slows down a bit. Otherwise, we may be looking at big trouble. Continue reading →

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Ebola vaccine overnight!

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Tom Hopp

I could use methods I developed years ago, to create an ebola vaccine overnight. No, really. Continue reading →

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