Or anyone who might know the answer to this question because my brain is fried and my google foo has returned too many useless hits ( Read more... )

Study shows bacteria are common in snow
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
Thu Feb 28, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Those beautiful snowflakes drifting out of the sky may have a surprise inside - bacteria. Most snow and rain forms in chilly conditions high in the sky and atmospheric scientists have long known that, under most conditions, the ( Read more... )

Finally got my hands on Vol 1 of Brian Vaughan's Y: The Last Man and actually managed to read the whole thing. Had to renew it twice to do so, but I finished.

For a graphic novel the art was okay. I'm a big fan of Michael Turner and Joseph Michael Linsner and a lot of the art I see isn't to my tastes, but this was okay. Didn't interfere with ( Read more... )

A disorderly mind eventually gets to the point.

I think I followed a link off Kadath's journal, to .... some journal I've been to several times but now can't find a link to. Hmm. I hate when that happens. princejvstin might know what I'm talking about, I know he reads it too ( Read more... )

“Many people just sit down and accept the inevitable, and if you accept the inevitable you will get it,” he says.
I've always believed that a great deal of aging is in our heads. I've watched the differences between my various grandparents, other people's grandparents, and even people my own age. So much is what we expect. I decided to go the Oil of ( Read more... )

This makes sense to me:

Fear of Snakes Drove Primate Evolution, Scientist Says

An evolutionary arms race between early snakes and mammals triggered the development of improved vision and large brains in primates, a radical new theory suggests ( Read more... )

The Rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004. Even though they were designed to last just three months, both are still exploring two years later.

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/home/

Images from the 30-day Ocean Explorer expedition mounted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy.

http://www.coml.org/medres/iceocean/iceocean.htm

The Hubble space telescope went into orbit fifteen years ago today.

A story of motherhood... I hope she makes it:

Eggs Hatching for Aurora the Octopus

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050414/ap_on_sc/octopus_love