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Astronomer Philip Plait tells host weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz the Supermoon you've been hearing all about actually isn't that super.
Sat, 05 May 2012 14:12:36 -0700 -
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Serbian male model, Andrej Pejic has stunned audiences at Barcelona?s Bridal Week...
Fri, 11 May 2012 04:58:23 -0700 -
French food, sans le snootiness, s?il vous plai
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ? The indecipherable menu; the fancy bouteilles d? eau; the fear of committing a faux pas like calling for the ?mayder-dee.? These are a few reasons why many French restaurants get their snooty and exclusive reputation, which causes many casual diners from stepping into one regularly. Exclusivity and snootiness is not the ...
Sat, 12 May 2012 18:02:11 -0700 -
Astronomer: Could Cameron's asteroid-mining project really work
Phil Plait is an astronomer and major sci-fi geek. He writes the Bad Astronomy Blog for Discover Magazine and is also the host of the Discovery Channel's science show "Phil Plait's Bad Universe." You can follow him on Twitter at @BadAstronomer . One of my favorite clichés in movies?and by "favorite" I mean "makes me want to fly to the screenwriter's house and stab them in the eye with a red ...
Mon, 07 May 2012 11:54:25 -0700 -
Scientist discusses how the world will en
LOGAN -- The famous T.S. Eliot quote ponders the way the world will end, "Not with a bang, but with a whimper." read more
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:31:43 -0700 -
April Musings: Of RSVPs, Q&As & F&B
Répondez s'il vous plait.
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:24:33 -0700 -
Happy 22nd, Hubble! | Bad Astronom
Today is the 22nd anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope . I worked on Hubble one way or another for a decade or so, and it changed not just my life, but the lives of astronomers around the world, and of course forever altered ? for the better! ?how the public viewed of astronomy. To acknowledge this, below is a repost of my "Ten Things You Don?t Know About Hubble", first put on ...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:39:42 -0700 -
Don?t forget the Space X launch! | Bad Astronom
Space X is looking good to launch its Falcon 9 + Dragon capsule on Saturday morning at 08:55 UTC (04:55 Eastern US time). NASA tweeted about it, saying there?s a 70% chance of good weather at that time. It?s Florida, so that can change in an instant. Check with NASA and Space X for updates. Space X put together a press kit with details on the launch and mission activities. Via Universe Today I ...
Fri, 18 May 2012 14:15:03 -0700 -
As promised: Jupiter and moons seen by SOHO | Bad Astronom
A little while back, I wrote about Jupiter appearing in an image from NASA?s SOHO Sun-observing satellite. I promised that it would soon appear in a SOHO camera that had higher magnification, and we?d be able to see its moons. I am not one to break promises: Awesome. It helps to set the resolution to 720p to see the moons when they?re pointed out. And just you wait: in early June, Venus will ...
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:45:13 -0700 -
Canada-Wide Science Fair won by Montreal tee
A 15-year-old from Quebec who demonstrated that Jupiter is able to cast a perceptible shadow similar to shadows cast by the sun, the moon, Venus and the Milky Way has won the best project award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown.
Wed, 23 May 2012 07:17:36 -0700 -