A new study on plant reproduction finds that developing cells are very affected by altered states of gravity—a finding that has implications for our hopes for a future human society in space. In order for plants to have sex, a pollen grain first lands on a stigma (the female part of[...]
Isaac Newton’s third law of motion provides the answer. Click Here to Read LifesLittleMysteries.com by
Humanity has been looking out into space for thousands of years, and the most important thing we've discovered over that time is that everything is crazy weird …www.cracked.com/article_20237_the-6-most-bizarre-things-e… Click Here to Read Google Alerts – bizarre by
You may be familiar with the celebrity home touring show Cribs, but this video takes the concept of home tours above and beyond. No, really. It’s a tour of the International Space Station with astronaut Sunita Williams as your guide. She (and her big, zero-gravity hair) bounce around the space station to reveal all the[...]
Astronaut Michael Gernhardt, attached to the Shuttle Endeavour’s robot arm during a spacewalk on the STS-69 mission in 1995. Thanks to NASA and emerging commercial space flight companies, there will likely be more astronauts in the future, and they’ll be traveling farther and more frequently into space. Space travel has known risks for bones, eyesight[...]
When a seed is planted in the ground, the roots tend to grow downward in search of water and nutrients. But what happens when there is no “down” for the roots to grow? Scientists sent seeds to the International Space Station and were surprised to see what plants did without gravity to guide their roots[...]
Doctors have taken a first stab at outlining medical advice for a type of travel that will likely become much more common in the years ahead: ordinary people taking trips to space. The advice, published last week in the British Medical Journal, focuses on those individuals with pre-existing conditions who might want to travel to[...]
How Many People Are in Space Right Now is a single-serving site that manages to be depressing and awe-inspiring at once. How Many People Are In Space Right Now? (via Making Light) Click Here to Read Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
The crew of the International Space Station would like to wish you very happy holidays this year, and it comes in the form of this pretty timelapse video. On their wishlist? World peace. They’d like to see a little more cooperation on the beautiful blue marble they orbit. Click Here to Read 80beats by Breanna[...]
We’re joined by excellent reader Andrew Leman as we view The Colour Out of Space! But this time we’re not alone – we’re joined by special guest Paul Maclean of Yog Radio! Show your love for site designer/webmaster Mike J. Mann and buy a tee shirt with our logo. Seriously – you’ll look good! Check[...]
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William F. Nolan's new book about the works of Ray Bradbury. Edited by Joshi, and with an Intro from Jason V Brock and an afterword by Greg Bear.
Today, the hearing – held in a room inside Ashworth Hospital on Merseyside and relayed by video to Manchester Civil Justice Centre – was given details of Brady's daily life inside the secure hospital and features of his bizarre behaviour. The tribunal …See all stories on this topic » Click Here to Read Google Alerts[...]
The 2012 Bram Stoker Award® winners: Top row (left to right): Mort Castle, L.L. Soares, Jerad Walters, Rocky Wood, Jonathan Maberry. Lower row/middle: Sam Weller, James Chambers, Lucy Snyder, Marge Simon, Robert McCammon, Caitlin R. Kiernan (seated), Charles Day, Lisa Morton (Photo by Stacy Scranton) (Not pictured: Gene O’Neill, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, Joyce[...]
Composed by Edward Elgar between 1898 and ’99, Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra (“Engima”), Op. 36, has long been my favorite piece of classical music. In addition to being beautiful music there is enough mystery packed into the Variations to keep every conspiracy theorist in the house busy for years. The work is[...]
Naturally occurring human genes cannot be patented, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously today, paving the way for cheaper gene testing for patients. The decision centered on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutated versions of which can dramatically increase an individual’s risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Myriad Genetics, a Utah company, was the first to[...]
Here we are, another week, and another episode. Stanley gets some bad news as heads back with Livingstone towards the coast. In part 3 of the Innsmouth story our hero learns some uncomfortable history about the town. Download the show. . http://archive.org/download/CthulhuPodcastEpisode151/CEP151.mp3 Click Here to Read Cthulhu by
By Kenneth Miller The border guards, wary of advancing rebels, fired their guns in the air as three motorized skiffs approached along the Sangha River in the late March night. But the boats’ occupants were unarmed foreigners, fleeing a bloody insurrection that had gripped the Central African Republic (CAR). Among the refugees was elephant researcher[...]
A funded Phd in the UK, which might appeal to some readers here, looking at early and contemporary fan-cultures around … Continue reading » Click Here to Read TENTACLII :: H.P. Lovecraft blog by David Haden
Smiling comes in two distinct forms: genuine and polite. The genuine kind are those that result from a friend showing you a hilarious new grumpy cat meme. These smiles are spontaneous and indicative of pleasure. Polite smiles, on the other hand, are the ones reserved for the awkward encounters with your coworker at the coffee[...]
Chris Weston’s poster for a notional “Carry On X-Men” has me wanting very badly to inhabit his alternate universe. He says of the film, “Despite the bawdy humour, ‘Carry on X-Men’ is in many ways more faithful to the source material than Bryan Singer’s films. Definitely one of the best of the later ‘Carry On’[...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV9Rh4ynBf4 It’s Father’s Day and time for my annual re-posting of Groucho Marx singing the greatest song dedicated to that occasion of all time. Happy F-day to all the dads out there — especially my own dad and my brother Neil; to Mark and Pesco and Jason, and to your own old man. This morning,[...]
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