We can know that this isn't purely a Trumpian thing because of the reviews from two years ago which basically said: 1) Astronomers have treated the people of Hawai'i like crap and owe...

I'm not going to say you are wrong about any of the above. I'd not be surprised by a rising price tag as that seems to be how these things always go. I can't think of any big science...

To be honest, TMT did this to themselves by not being honest about the cost from the start. Had they told everyone that the cost for the installation would be on the order of $3 billion (most of...

Isn't this a dangerous inversion of how science is supposed to be done? What's to prevent this same scenario playing out for ANY potential discovery coming from a precision measurement...

Thank you for this, IrishNeanderthal. Actually I believe what’s going on in America is under-hyped. The mainstream press is far too easy on Mr. Trump, who is convicted of multiple felonies and...