This puts a real dent in my hopes for peace through space travel:  •  “Ms. Nowak, a married mother of three who police believe was in a love triangle with a fellow astronaut, was charged with trying to abduct a woman she saw as her romantic rival, authorities said. Ms. Nowak faces charges …

These sorts of passive weapons are always interesting. Mini-badman Noriega will be released this year and he was brought down by amplified heavy metal as much as anything...or was it Wham? But with it well below freezing out, I want the home edition of this puppy:  •  “The prototype weapon …

I have to admit, I like China's style. What other nation would spend a bazillion dollars to smash its own lo-fi satellite out of the sky with a lo-fi ICM with its steering wheel removed, aimed only up.  •  “China’s apparent success in destroying one of its own orbiting satellites with a ballistic …

Nice to see a bit of nostalgia coming back as the doomsday clock makes the news for the first time since my voice finally stopped breaking at unfortunate moments as The Star reports:  •  “For the first time in five years, the elite board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is moving the …

My health is in their hands:  •  “"We have got a problem and we don't know what to do about it. We hit on the idea of a chewing gum because obese people like chewing."”  •  While they are at it, why not create a sofa that acts like a big medication patch through which anti-eating drugs are fed …

Like you, I measure out the days in Friday chats now. If I can just make it to Friday chat without emptying another jar of ginger marmalade, I say to my self, I will be OK.  •  The first group project is going well. I think this one is a high level starter discussion. Next I am going to post one …

Nothing gives me faith in the reliability of a source of information than solid technical descriptions of things. Hope it wasn't Whoville. In other news:  •  “Celebrities have been asked to check their facts before lending support to scientific research and campaigns, rather than risk misleading …

[Ed.: I now have to unhide the post held in reserve.]  •  This is inspiring:  •  “Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney recently warned that the Tories must not cede leadership of the environment file to rivals on the political battlefield, and yesterday Mr. Harper …

I give up. It is nutty news day:  •  “The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in …