Booger Facts
Haven’t you always wanted to know why nasal mucus is often green?
Minisub
Speaking of things I want, how about a SportSub minisub?
Space Elevators
Space elevators – I want one!!
Hoaxbusters
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to refer people to the CIAC Hoaxbusters page. They’re usually pretty embarassed for having fallen for the stuff that appeared in their mailbox (and having passed it on).
News of the Weird
News of the Weird (founded 1988) is the longest-running, most widely-read bizarre-but-all-true news feature in the United States–indeed, the gold standard of weird-news reporting.
X Prize
Continuing the space theme, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering a 10 million dollar cash prize to the first private team who safely launches and lands a vehicle capable of transporting three people on two consecutive suborbital flights to 100 kilometers altitude. So far 19 teams have signed up…
Wanna see the International Space Station?
Wanna see the International Space Station as it passes overhead? Heavens Above can tell you when it (and lots of other satellites) will be visible from your location. Here’s when it will be passing above my location. The also generate a wide range of charts and data for the sun, moon, planets, comets, etc.
A Good Month
Michele has had a good month. The Photograph won “Best of Show” in the Alaska Watercolor Society Statewide Juried Exhibition, Onions and Garlic was selected as a finalist in the Artist’s Magazine 2000 Annual Art Competition, and The Long Journey was accepted in the Watercolor West annual exhibition.
5000 Units
Early this morning, I completed my 5000th SETI@home work unit!
3M
Once upon a time, a company called 3M made only sandpaper. Then in the early 1920’s Dick Drew invented masking tape and a few years later cellophane tape. In 1980 a guy named Art Fry invented Post-it Notes®. I would love to know how many of those have been sold! By the way, here’s the […]
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