Pretty nice video explains Voyager 1 reaching the edge of our Sun’s heliosphere … “The Voyager 1 spacecraft has been operating for 34 years, and just about 11 months, after that long journey through our solar system, the craft is believed to be poised at the edge of interstellar space. Voyager 1 is reporting a […]

Here’s a shocker, the gas drilling industry cannot see any issues with drilling for shale under a cemetery … Or as they like to point out, “Plot owners have no legal claim to the mineral rights at a cemetery.” So, there. So before you sign that plot deal, make sure you get ALL the rights […]

Like the days of yore – wrapped in fur (not if PETA can help it) … marvel at the mystery of the night sky gecko eating the Sun … that is the scientific description, right? “Dozens of people gathered on on July 11, 2012 shortly before 8:30pm Wednesday at the corner of 14th and Sixth […]

How do mosquitos survive being pounded by rain and rain drops the size of them – and weighing much more than them? ” … the impact of which is comparable to a human being hit by a bus.”   “The short answer is that the mosquitoes are so light that they simply hitch a ride […]

From basketball to hockey … Arizona Stadium, the grass is rolled into the enclosed stadium … and the portable stands go up like a giant LEGO set … It’s tiring watching other people work … here’s just the grass rolling in – not watching the grass grow – watching it roll in … um, is […]

The USGS has made a graphic of all the water on Earth if we gathered it all up into giant drops of water … All Earth’s water, liquid fresh water, and water in lakes and rivers Spheres showing: (1) All water (sphere over western U.S., 860 miles in diameter) (2) Fresh liquid water in the […]

Mastodon to Optimus Prime …. there goes the neighborhood. 🙂 Now, maybe we’ll finally get some CARS distribution … There is also a version with narration.

At about the 4:30 mark, NASA is glad it’s the last space shuttle fight as those tinfoil reflections are real ANNOYING …

Just when you think our we’ve seen all the weird sea creature … what the holy **** is this? Some people are sure it’s just floating flotsam from a whale … others think it’s just man-made flotsam but it sure seems to be moving about under it’s own power … I am scared.

Infographic version of Neil Armstrong’s “hop and bounce” around the moon … other than driving out to right field to get a hot dog … wait, am I interpreting it right? (full res version HERE). With a baseball field underneath so you get a sense of scale … (there is a version over a soccer […]