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The American Enterprise institute beginning at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies this 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and best selling author tom standage has a new book out, and its called writing on the wall. Tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common . Guest well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. We think that its recent and only people alive today have ever done it. But really what im arguing is theres a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back...

For the first time in two years, people were able to gather once more in-person for the Materials Science & Technology technical meeting and exhibition.

What Should You Do If Space Junk Lands in Your Yard? Share Filed to:beth dickey Photo: STR/AFP, Getty Images Imagine you wake up to a smouldering piece of machinery in your yard, still smoking and sizzling after screaming towards Earth from space. This is an extremely unlikely scenario, but it remains true that space junk happens. Of all the scientific instruments we launch into the stratosphere, some of it, on occasion, comes plummeting back from whence it came, only to cause ruckus and confusion. This is far more likely if you live close to a launch site, like Cape Canaveral, Florida, but N...