My thoughts and prayers are with Japan today. Here are some options for helping them. Space/Science Secret Space Shuttle Blasts Off for Second Mission Alien Microbe Claim Starts Fight Over Meteorite Solving the Mystery of the Most Violent Event in
Friday Round-up
Science/Space Pictures of Discovery Approaching the ISS Henry Morgan’s Cannons Found in Panama (Yay, pirates!) Picture of Discovery docking with the ISS taken from Earth! Scifi/Fantasy 2010 Stoker Nominees Review of Elizabeth Bear’s Grail Review of The Best Science Fiction
Friday Round-up
Space/Science The Extraordinary Face of the Moon Picture of Discovery on the Launch Pad Interactive James Webb Telescope (launches in 2014) Photos of Discovery Launch Sotheby’s to Auction 1961 Soviet Capsule Scifi/Fantasy Endurance wallpapers Locus Magazine Recommends Some of Tor’s
Friday Round-up
Space/Science Private Company to put Robot on Moon (For some reason, this sounds like a terrible idea to me. Sounds like a good way to leave trash everywhere and mess up scientific missions.) Last Rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery (video) Recycling
Friday Round-up
Thank Landsquid it’s Friday, amirite? Space/Science Extreme Planet Makeover (Might be fun for world-building scifi/off-world fantasy) Some confusion over the existence of the Triceratops First One-Fingered Dinosaur Found (It is apparently Dinosaur Week. But that’s okay, because dinosaurs are awesome.) Picture of how
Friday Round-up
Space/Science Discovery Astronaut Hurt in Bike Accident (Poor shuttle astronauts. They are having a bad month.) Darkness on the Edge of the Universe First Mammoth Cloning Experiment Officially Underway (Poor mammoths. They are going to look around and wish they’d just been
Friday Round-Up
I’m moving the round-up to Friday this month as I’m trying out a new posting schedule. Let me know if you prefer Thursday or Friday. I work on the round-ups all week long, so it doesn’t much matter to me
Happy New Thursday Round-up!
Greetings, friends! Here’s what exciting in the new year thus far: Science/Space Round-up of Space Science Performed in 2010 Titan May Be Capable of Creating DNA Awesome Solar Eclipse Picture (with bonus ISS) Mars Rovers Celebrate 7 Years on the
Thursday Round-up
Things have been a bit slow this week. I suspect everyone’s eaten too many cookies. Science/Space NASA’s New Idea on Cheap, Easy Launches Discovery is returned to the VAB in an attempt to figure out external tank issues Time lapse
Thursday Round-up
Science/Space NASA Continues Investigating Cracks in Space Shuttle Discovery’s External Tank Ice Age Boneyard Find in Colorado Yields Treasures NASA Discovers Youngest Nearby Black Hole NASA Starts Thinking About Interstellar Travel Martian Sunset Thinking Like an Octopus CERN Creates and