Unsurprisingly, the asteroid named Wikipedia is very well described in the encyclopedia.
Feb 022013
Jan 042013
Golden Spike aims to return mankind to the Moon on a non-governmental basis.
Sounds interesting, and considering the hardships NASA has been enduring for the last quarter century or so, probably the way any united states citizens are going to touch lunar soil any time soon.
The aims are lofty indeed, and the company roster packed with experience, money and brains.
I’ll keep my eyes on this. Most likely not for the chance to dance on Mare Serenitatis, but for the chance to see somebody do it. And pave the way even further from Terra’s gravity well.
Dec 302012
An Arxiv paper on Possible Bubbles of Spacetime Curvature in the South Pacific takes on the abode of Cthulhu.
The mathematics alone are a cause for low-level SAN loss.
Sep 022012
Jul 252012
The weekly blog attempts to provide answers to burning questions such as “what would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?”
The results aren’t pretty, but the answer is a joy to read, nonetheless.
Apr 012012
Wired Opinion is now open, a new blog of more or less controversial ideas. The roster of writers looks interesting.
Jan 022012
Even if the Alan Rickman reference is a bit old, the presence of a “D. Rumsfeld” ought to have had warning bells ringing.
Jan 022012
MITx ups the ante on open education.
Nov 152011
Cronopio dentiacutus, a recently discovered mammal fossil bears a curious resemblance to a luckless movie star.
Oct 092011
The very first photograph of a fourth order rainbow.
Seen and photographed a few doubled rainbows, but never gone beyond two.
Oct 072011
In a completely random turn of events, an astrology software company sues the maintainers of timezone database.
Oct 072011
Space Farm 7, cornfields supporting continuation of space exploration.
Sep 252011
Aug 182011
Aug 092011
Center for PostNatural History documents the organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering.
Jul 242011
Charles Stross’ blog is temporarily run by fellow writers as he promotes Rule 34 (review pending). The most interesting stunt-entry thus far is Karl Schroeder‘s take on what big money should be spent on.
May 312011
Rinderpest is the second disease that has been eradicated. Here’s hoping for many more, at a far quicker pace.
May 202011
Free-floating planets, billions thereof, either all alone in the universe or further away from their suns than previously thought feasible.
May 192011
The new weather blog in Hesari has started out well – thus far the most interesting entry concerned itself with the most impressive cloud types the Earth can offer.
Apr 022011
I was pretty sure MIT’s Cornucopia project is nothing but a well-executed prank (after all, the university is famous for them).
Even though the digital chocolatier looks nothing but a cool model whipped up just for yesterday, the long publication history of the project proves that it is a genuine kickstart of automated gastronomy.
Mar 242011
Spacehack – a collection of ways for amateurs to participate in space exploration.
Mar 212011
Factlets about pi: the value pi has been computed to more than a trillion digits, but only 39 of them are needed to estimate any circle in the known universe to a precision within the circumference of a hydrogen atom.
Mar 152011
Supermoon sounds like a villain from a particularly bad batch of sixties superhero comics.
But it’s not. It’s the culprit of the recent earthquake if “some of the leading astrologists” are consulted.
Fortunately, it’s still astronomers that have a monopoly on truth.
Feb 152011
NASAs wildest artist renderings – from the ordinary to the extra-ordinary.
Feb 102011
Never thought that exomoons may turn out to be an equally good chance of off-Tellus life than actual planets.