Archive for September, 2008
Send your name around the Earth
NASA is back with another put-your-name-on-a-spacecraft publicity gimick. This time it’s for the Glory Mission. The Glory Mission will launch a satellite that will act as an orbiting observatory, allowing scientists to measure aerosols (airborne particles) more accurately than ever before, as well as collect data on the amount of direct and indirect sunlight falling [...]
Prehistoric yeast lead to new beer
California Polytechnic State University scientist Raul Cano will go to almost any length to brew the perfect beer, and in this case he’s gone back in time. Well, not quite. Actually, he’s using a strain of yeast out of time. 45 million years out of time to be precise.
Over half of Americans believe in guardian angels
Reporting on the newest Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion poll, Time Magazine notes that 55% of respondents believe they were personally protected from harm by a guardian angel. Scary.
Carnival of the Liberals #74
Now that’s the way we like to do things at Carnival of the Liberals! Almost seventy great entries this time, but Gracie at XXBN Radio worked hard to find the ten rarest gems out of all the jewels sent in for Carnival of the Liberals #74. Next up is Clashing Culture on October 8th. Keep [...]
Phoenix’s Facebook page disabled
If you were friends with the Phoenix Mars Lander on Facebook, you’ll likely have noticed by now that Phoenix’s Facebook profile was disabled a couple of weeks back. Today Phoenix wrote to inform us that her profile is permanently gone, but all of her friends have been transferred by the Facebook admins to the new [...]
George Takei Ties The Knot
George Takei who played Lt. Sulu on Star Trek married Brad Altman, his partner of twenty-one years, in what sounds like a lovely Buddhist ceremony which included a kimono-wearing koto player and bagpipes. Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) and Walter Koenig (Ensign Chekov) were maid of honor and best man respectively. California is only the second [...]
Carnival of the Liberals #73: RNC Mania!
RNC mania has come to Carnival of the Liberals #73. No surprise I suppose that the rampaging herd of elephants busy trampling decency, common sense and logic underfoot in Minneapolis this past week would be the topic du jour, but as you can read, varkam has chosen the best of the best of the liberal [...]
Evolutionists Flock To Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain
“A steady stream of devoted evolutionists continued to gather in this small Tennessee town today to witness what many believe is an image of Charles Darwin—author of The Origin Of Species and founder of the modern evolutionary movement—made manifest on a concrete wall in downtown Dayton.” They claim it fills them with an, “overwhelming feeling [...]
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