All of these things are about outer space. The space race was totally intense. Maybe this is a good time to talk about space junk. I don’t know if you…
Instead of writing poetry or posts for The Rumpus, I was checking Facebook, e-mail, some message boards I belong to, and then refreshing Facebook again, and again. Perhaps if I…
Continuing with the library theme, from the most beautiful to what happens when libraries die, here are some images from earthquake-damaged libraries in Japan. (Link is translated by Google). (via…
A coalition including the US, France, the UK, and Italy has begun air and missile strikes in Libya. President Obama authorized limited military action by US forces, but also said…
According to Discover magazine, last year, Craig Venter and his colleagues inscribed a passage from James Joyce into the genome of a synthetic microbe. Apparently, after the microbe hit, the…
Very faint traces of radiation from Japan have been detected in Sacramento. If you’re still not sure just how a nuclear reactor works or exactly what’s going on in Japan,…
Tonight, Supermoon! I would like to note for the record that I am excited for this because of how cool it will look, and not for any astrological reasons. About…
Despite concerns that upheavals in the Arab world would interfere with Abu Dhabi’s International Book Fair, the fair so far has been successful and relatively problem-free. In fact, more books…
Self-promotion alert day 7: even though we’ve reached our stated goal, we are still a few dollars away from finishing recording our second album. maybe you would like to help?…
Stirring but brief portrait of the 50 Japanese nuclear plant workers crawling in the darkness, exposing themselves to radiation, in desperate attempt to stave of nuclear meltdown.
Self-promotion alert day 6: even though we’ve reached our stated goal, we are still a few dollars away from finishing recording our second album. maybe you would like to help?…