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December 23, 2012 by
Yet another reason to shoot for the stars.

You'll be pleased to learn that Honey Boo Boo will not be starring in a porno anytime soon. Mostly because there are laws forbidding it. You'll be horrified to learn that those laws do not apply to adult members of the show so Crazy Tony will be starring in a line of "redneck porn." Yet another very good reason another to endorse space travel. Because, no matter how good a sense of humor you have, there has to be a part of your soul screaming for God to come and smite us all for allowing this to happen. But I think we've had enough stuff this week that dealt with biblical ramifications so I thought we could take a moment to look beyond our … [Read more...]

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Space Nookie!

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October 28, 2012 by
This is ground control to major Tom, you've really made the grade ....

This week has seen a series of scientific announcements that might boggle lesser blog readers, but not you. We can start with the Italian scientists who were convicted by an Italian court of, well - nothing really, and sentenced to seven years in prison. This is a great example of what happens when religion and science collide. The court made the assumption that science was magic and that, as magic, it should be able to do the stuff it had seen in the Harry Potter movies. For the record, officially, the scientists were convicted for not being able to do what no one has ever been able to do; predict an earthquake. Not since the Spanish … [Read more...]

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An Even Number of Odd Planets?

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June 24, 2012 by
This is why science rocks!

Let's be honest, the image of the super stud slash party god slash multi-billionaire slash dedicated scientist is, as far as I can tell, a Hollywood creation. Which is a shame. But all is not lost. Science has given us all a grand dream and a worthy goal; SPACE-NOOKIE! But, as exciting as that may be for some, and you just suddenly completely rethought how you view the space station, in the main it means nothing to the rest of us. However, that may be changing. You see NASA launched this little telescope called KEPLER. It's job was to find a new planet, one not in our solar system. Really, if it found one, the theory went, then scientists … [Read more...]

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Heigh Ho

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April 29, 2012 by
I have no idea why sex with miners is illegal.

One of the reasons movies like Independence Day don't make factual sense, no matter how much fun they are, is that there's no reason for any group of sentient beings to go anywhere to get raw resources. Every solar system is already full of them. The same holds true here. In fact there's so much stuff floating around that we could all be kazillionaires if, and this is the catch, we could just get into space and mine the asteroids. Governments can't afford that kind of research, no matter the possible reward, you can't afford it and, God knows, my bank isn't about to toss me a line of credit so that I can go hopping into the wild blue yonder. … [Read more...]

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Space Beer!

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June 26, 2011 by
benderbraubeer

People come up to me on the street all the time and say "Get away from my daughter you freak! Don't make me call the cops!" I wish they'd stop doing that. It makes shopkeepers nervous while I'm trying to buy smokes. Anyway, today's not about me. Today's about one of the most important topics I could think of when it comes to science. Black holes swallowing the solar system? Leave that to the amateurs. Quantum string theory and faster than light travel? HAH! A mere bag of shells. A single site injectable cure for all viral diseases that would end Aids and cancer all in one shot? Nah. That can wait. Bother me not with any of these picayune … [Read more...]

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We Got There Then, We’ll Get There Now

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June 5, 2011 by
space hippo

Cultures go through stages of rampant xenophobia and isolationism. They fear the new, they fear change and they try to lock themselves within self defined borders. Anything from beyond those borders is considered "bad" and anything from within is considered "all that's good and holy." Here, in America, we have seen that scenario play out several times. The most famous isolationist movement happened in the late 1920's and early 30's and had Charles Lindbergh as its figurehead. History doesn't tell us if he ever saw the irony in being the person who helped make trans-Atlantic travel possible while also being the one who wanted us to hide behind … [Read more...]

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