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Shuttle wing hit?

I have to admit that I’m a msnbc junky. It is a stupid guilty pleasure of a news source that let’s me know both what matters (War updates) and what doesn’t (Paris, anyone?). Just flicked over and there and found a “Breaking News” headline...

One Sidereal Day…

NB: Space Carnival submissions due by Wednesday. Please submit! Last month, I took this blog daily and gave it the tag line “Blogging one sidereal day at a time.” Everyday, as I read and explore astronomy, science and academics, I attempt to throw...

Random Thought 4

If Blogging and Podcasting are New Media, does that mean there will one day be a Post-New Media form of media? Do the have a name for what comes after Post-Modernism?

Finding Hints of the Higgs Boson in the Blogisphere

A few days ago I got an email asking if I knew anything about rumors circulating about folks using the Tevatron at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory finally discovering the Higgs Boson – the boson responsible for giving particles the characteristic of mass....

Space Shuttle Atlantis Launched!

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully launched into clear blue skies this evening. Although the external tank looked a bit diseased (thanks to the patch job that had to be done to after a hail storm), it was still a picture perfect launch. For full NASA coverage,...