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From my Twitter feed, the single most awesome thing I've seen all weekend:

Scale of Universe

There's even a Mickey Mouse joke. Also, a ciliate. Bonus: introduction (for most of us) to the word zettameter, which may be the least useful word you will encounter today, but also one of the most astounding to contemplate.

Many of you have complained to me about one of the main and generally unquestioned deprivations of manned spaceflight. "But, but -" you say. "What about the food? It's all well and good for Star Trek people to press a few buttons and for Firefly people to get all orgasmic over strawberries, but what about us? Now? How can we, as a spacefaring ( Read more... )

Japan's New First Lady Not From Venus, Was Only Visiting.

If you hate the New York Times, the Telegraph also reports on the story here.

I sincerely hope this signals a push for more space exploration. Even if some of us have apparently already done more than I thought we had.

No matter how often I see it, I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching a space shuttle launch ( Read more... )

I know it will cost a fortune - several fortunes, to be specific. I know it is completely impractical and useless and from a purely pragmatic viewpoint utterly silly and worthless. I know it will take years ( Read more... )

1. Progress, of a sort, if only a trickle.

2. Following up on another conversation: See, some people do like Prince Charles.

3. And on the subject of royalty: Spanking. It's for everyone.

4. Foot massages and mud baths: Not just for humans anymore. And some of you are convinced that humans have dating issues.

5. MY EYES! MY EYES! Why have ( Read more... )