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Livin’ on the edge
Just a quick acknowledgment that a landmark, and largely unnoticed, moment in human history is very nearly upon us: the first ape-made objects ever launched from Earth are close to entering interstellar space. The NASA/JPL people won’t know for sure … Continue reading
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Pythons in the park.
The guy with the baby bats nesting on his face? (as posted below). This is his Burmese python. Always friendly (the snake, that is.) And surprisingly heavy… He (the snake again) resides at the Witty Kitties Shelter near Solon, IA, … Continue reading
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Yo! Anybody home?
Astrobiology Magazine reports that the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) boffins pulled off a first – and can now report back that the six-planet (minimum) solar system around the star Gliese 581 isn’t pumping out large-scale radio signals in our … Continue reading
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NASA mission gets scrubbed. Metaphorically.
…and here’s a quick follow up article to the post yesterday (see below “NASA astronauts implore the god Apollo…”) about some students who heeded the call & staged their own little car-cleansing event to help NASA avoid moving back into mom & … Continue reading
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NASA astronauts implore the god Apollo to save their funding….
Yup. It’s come to this: Today is the day for the National Planetary Exploration Car Wash & Bake Sale OK, so it’s just a PR stunt. But the fact is, NASA’s budget is under an even bigger threat than lots … Continue reading
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So, the explanation for this is….?
Well, it’s just that I know this guy and he put this on his FB page and so I had to post it. Yeah. Those are bats. And what’s equally fascinating, he’s had weirder stuff crawling on him – intentionally. … Continue reading
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Excuse me, it’s for you. Long distance….
How will Earth respond when we receive our first message from an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization? We really don’t want to mess it up. Could be important. Fortunately, a guy with probably the coolest job description on the planet gets to … Continue reading
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Ray Bradbury, 1920 – 2012
Ray Bradbury is gone. The author who gave us The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Dandelion Wine and other marvelous, lyrical novels died in L.A. today. He was 91. From the Official Ray Bradbury site: “Throughout his life, Bradbury … Continue reading
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The coming andro-pocalypse. RUReady?
Robots. They’re already insinuating themselves into our lives in all sorts of sinister ways. They build our cars, fly our airplanes, do a little cleaning. But when they finally make their move and take over, you’ll wish you’d treated … Continue reading
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Space-Guy crashes the Big Apple party…
The New Yorker takes a giant leap for geek-kind… and dedicates its entire Summer Fiction Issue to – can ya grok it? – science fiction! The annual summertime fiction edition is eagerly awaited by chi-chi beach-goers everywhere, so this is … Continue reading
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