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Great tie-in movie trailer for ‘ParaNorman’
Just saw this on TV while watching the Olympics. Died laughing. Continue reading Great tie-in movie trailer for ‘ParaNorman’
There’s a webcam at 11,796 ft on Colorado’s Trail Ridge Road
(Note: Dec. 21, 2014: For this winter, as long as it remains operable, the camera will show just three views a day — at approximately dawn, midday, and late afternoon. The view may sometimes be obscured by snow, ice, or clouds. Normal operation will resume when Trail Ridge Road reopens next spring.) There is another … Continue reading There’s a webcam at 11,796 ft on Colorado’s Trail Ridge Road
Curiosity and a Martian sinkhole
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day today is particularly interesting — a hole in the surface of Mars. We’ve seen craters, plains, the tracings of flowing water, etc. But this hole appears to be an opening into a subsurface cavern of some kind, much like an earthly sinkhole over an old mineshaft. The hole was … Continue reading Curiosity and a Martian sinkhole
Maddow does the math
Thanks to IzaakMak at I Want Ice Water for bringing this video to my attention. The following is Rachel Maddow’s commentary last night about political spending in this year’s presidential campaign. Arguably one of the smartest analysts on television today, Maddow explains where the money is coming from. If you care at all about Joe … Continue reading Maddow does the math
Neil deGrasse Tyson: We are star dust
Carl Sagan once said we are “star stuff,” and I mentioned it when writing about being an “atheist by default.” Now I’ve come across this mashup featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, someone I greatly respect and admire, and he uses the slightly more elegant “star dust” in his modern take on Sagan’s statement. Accordingly, I’m … Continue reading Neil deGrasse Tyson: We are star dust