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• Astronomers puzzle over square galaxy

  Fri Mar 23, 2012
  • Looks more like the shape of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's track.

• Japan tsunami holds lessons for Pacific Northwest

  Fri Mar 23, 2012
  • So how does one know exactly where the boundary of the "inundation zone" is? Wouldn't it depend on the magnitude of the earthquake?

• Nuclear bomb just may be able to save Earth  from asteroid

  Mon Mar 12, 2012
  • If anything ever needed a proof-of-concept demonstration, the "gravity tractor" idea is it. Might be a good idea to try it out on a benign space rock before it is ever needed, to make sure it would work as expected.

• Fox dinosaur show 'Terra Nova' canceled

  Tue Mar 6, 2012
  • Not surprised at all. All the reviews of the show seem to indicate that the dinosaurs seem real but the people don't.

• Secrets of your favorite album covers

  Mon Dec 12, 2011
  • Queen's "News of the World". Cover was done by the great science fiction artist Frank Kelly Freas.

• Perry proposes limits to lawmakers and judges' time in D.C.

  Tue Nov 15, 2011
  • "I think one of the ways to protect America from these activitist judges is to put term limits on them," Perry said. "Every president would get to appoint two. Eighteen year terms."

• Little ditty about John Mellencamp turning 60

  Fri Oct 7, 2011
  • My favorite is his cover of "Under the Boardwalk".  Much better than the original 1964 recording by The Drifters.

• Alcoa says it can build a smog-eating high-rise

  Wed May 11, 2011
  • Painting stuff white has its own benefits. More light/heat gets reflected away and less gets absorbed by the structure.

• 'Here, kitty': Man finds mountain lion in garage

  Wed May 25, 2011
  • A very handsome guy!

• Watch a spaceship do the twist

  Wed May 18, 2011
  • "The only thing lacking in this five-minute clip is the rocket powered kick up to outer space." Such hyperbole!  Since when does a suborbital flight to the upper ionosphere qualify as a voyage to "outer space"?