science saturday

Some great images of the leftovers from the Soviet Moon program. Why does Saturn’s moon Iapetus look like a walnut? (Seriously, it looks like a walnut.) The next generation of…

Fascinating presentation by Hans Rosling about how the world is winning the war on child mortality. Is water more common on asteroids than originally thought? Remember that story about the…

Most of the space news this week has surrounded Gliese 581G, the first planet found to reside in the so-called “Goldilocks zone.” But we have a much closer visitor in…

It’s kind of odd to see hurricanes as the International Space Station sees them, if only because of the superstructure in the frame and the angle of the video. Plus,…

Ever wonder why mobile phone chatterers get on your nerves? The term “lab rat” might have been “lab raccoon at one point. How good are you at knowing when you’re…

Cockroach brains may contain the next great anti-microbial compound. Who knew? Great images of Saturn and 4 of its moons from the Cassini space probe. Great interview dealing with the…

I almost always start these with a link from the Wired Science blog, but how do I choose today? Here are the top 4 right now: two stories onexoplanets, NASA…

The story of the faster-than-wind wind-driven vehicle is fascinating, not so much for the actual machine, but for the rancor the debate stirred up online. Very good read though. Studying…

The headline says it all: “Galactic Supervolcano Erupts From Black Hole“. That oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico? Still there, and no idea how long it’ll stay. The moon…

What goes into the formation of an icicle? Arguing can be good for you, apparently. Tried to see the Perseids meteor shower on Thursday night, but down here light pollution…

Two spiral galaxies collided a hundred million years ago. The pictures just got back from the developer. (Is that joke too out of date now? Maybe.) The UN added 21…

Olivia Judson is taking some time off from the NY Times, which makes me sad. So glad this whale is extinct. And while I love my cats, I’m glad this…