The original Indiana Jones: Otto Rahn and the temple of doom – Telegraph As Indiana Jones returns to our screens, John Preston looks at the Nazi archaeologist who inspired Spielberg’s hero, and finds a story more bizarre than anything the … Continue reading
I mean no slight for not linking earlier to Susan Kitchens’ own excellent coverage of the Phoenix Lander and, in fact, all things JPL and space-related. This is via Emily’s post Phoenix: last press briefing of the day after the … Continue reading
Today is the day for the Mars Phoenix Lander to land on Mars. These details are from Phil’s Bad Astronomy Blog. The Mars Phoenix Lander will be touching down on the surface of Mars on Sunday at 23:53:52 Universal Time … Continue reading
Sixteen years ago today, my father died after a five-month battle with cancer. Dad, I wish you were here… Sigh. [edited]
This came over the e-mail transom earlier today. Perhaps you would be interested in this effort to improve high-speed Internet access in the United States. Millions of Americans—especially in rural and low-income urban areas—don’t have high-speed Internet access. Millions more … Continue reading
Today is my lovely wife’s birthday. We have lots of plans for her, including eating at a new restaurant. Happy Birthday, Audrey!
Many Eyes: IQ by state, US Eliot says: “A graphic data visualization. It would be interesting to superimpose the red state/blue state map over this one.” Too true. (tags: intelligence maps IQ visualization science mappingvia:eliot) [hand posted]
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Martin Spernau. Another EditThisPage Mafioso…
Great Old Broads for Wilderness is a national, grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing, preserving and protecting America’s roadless public lands. Today there are Broads of all ages and both genders in every state in the union making their voices … Continue reading
Check out these beautiful images of electrical discharge within the Chaitén eruption. Thanks to Jeff Plaut at JPL for this. [via Audrey]
