If you watched the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, you might have noticed that one of the engineers in the JPL’s mission control center started celebrating before the formal announcement that the safe landing had been confirmed. Here’s … Continue reading
If you regularly check NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day you probably already saw this yesterday, but if not it’s definitely worth a couple of minutes of your time. It’s a series of night-time time-lapse images of the moving night … Continue reading
Dr. William Bell holds the world’s record in the pole vault for his age group. He trains three times a week at a facility operated by his son, former Olympic silver medal winner Earl Bell, in Arkansas, where two of … Continue reading
At long last, a way for your cats to listen to their music without annoying you: by … Continue reading
Elaborate marriage proposals have become something of an art form, not to mention an annoyance to guys who know that whatever they do they’re bound to have already been upstaged. This one, however, I thought was nicely done, not least … Continue reading
Last night Stephen Colbert revealed Mitt Romney’s likely choice for vice presidential running mate: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive by … Continue reading
From today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA and JPL go dramatic, presenting a description of the Curiosity rover’s landing process as something like the trailer for a suspense film. Not bad, actually: The Curiosity rover, about the size of … Continue reading
This is a nifty short video on population growth that’s fast-moving and interesting and blessedly doesn’t stray into politics or alarmism, though it does make some points that ought to provoke some sober thought. Some might find it a little … Continue reading
These people might need to switch to decaf: I wonder if this is the same guy as the one in the airplane restroom yesterday. by … Continue reading
Starting at 3 minutes and 15 seconds there’s an interesting (and at times amusing) face-off between the voice search features of the latest versions of Google’s Android OS and Apple’s iOS (the latter called Siri): (My own experience is that … Continue reading