Where science hits the catwalk...or just goes insane.
It's a Friday, so Friday rules apply - elsewhere. Bonus points will be awarded for ass-kissing, making people wince at the paucity of chosen themes, and groundless attempts to prove unjustified superiority...
Here, it's business as usual, because the BBC has signed up to the government's "Make Science Sexy" campaign, and would like you to believe that this expensive lump of space tech is somehow comparable to a 'supermodel':
"Goce has been described as the most beautiful satellite ever built. Now, after three years' delay, its opportunity to launch has finally arrived." Full story, including embedded video - and slightly unsettling references to Goce's "striking good looks" - here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7935621.stm
Meanwhile, back on planet Earth...sort of...Female Science Professor continues her dubious - and highly personal - journey into the Heart of Darkness by making some staggering generalizations, pondering on professorial insanity, and asking whether or not we should have a baseline "Strangeness Level":
http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2009/03/edge-of-insanity.html
(Again with the safety-in-numbers thing, clearly.)
Have a great weekend, everyone.
Here, it's business as usual, because the BBC has signed up to the government's "Make Science Sexy" campaign, and would like you to believe that this expensive lump of space tech is somehow comparable to a 'supermodel':
"Goce has been described as the most beautiful satellite ever built. Now, after three years' delay, its opportunity to launch has finally arrived." Full story, including embedded video - and slightly unsettling references to Goce's "striking good looks" - here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7935621.stm
Meanwhile, back on planet Earth...sort of...Female Science Professor continues her dubious - and highly personal - journey into the Heart of Darkness by making some staggering generalizations, pondering on professorial insanity, and asking whether or not we should have a baseline "Strangeness Level":
http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2009/03/edge-of-insanity.html
(Again with the safety-in-numbers thing, clearly.)
Have a great weekend, everyone.