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Gallifrey One and the Pros of Cons

Next weekend, February 17-19, Gallifrey One, the world’s largest Doctor Who convention, will be celebrating its 23rd anniversary. Once again at the LAX Marriott in Los Angeles, fans will get to see members of the show’s cast and crew from both the new and classic series, attend discussion panels on a number of excellent topics, and even see our illustrious leader, Mr. Hardwick, on Sunday filming stuff. But maybe the… more
 
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Posted by on 2/10/12

Mental Movies

This is the stuff straight out of a sci-fi movie that gets me excited and scared at the same time… definitely more excited, though!  Researchers at The Gallant Lab at… more
 
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Posted by on 9/26/11

 

So THAT’S Where I Left My Car Keys

In case you didn’t see these, NASA has new high resolution pictures of the moon, and they show… well, take a look at this video:   The images showing things… more
 
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Posted by on 9/7/11

An Allegedly Better Way To Board An Airplane

There might not be a more stressful part of traveling than the simple act of boarding a plane these days. That’s because a lack of overhead bin space and a… more
 
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Posted by on 8/30/11

 

Bizarre Gardening Accident. No, Really

I don’t know whether this really counts as nerd-bait. It involves surgery and medicine, so on that end, it does. It also involves pruning shears embedded in a guy’s head,… more
 
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Posted by on 8/30/11

Tell It To The Time Lords

First, I’ll give you the opening of a press release from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: A group of physicists at the Hong Kong University of Science… more
 
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Posted by on 7/26/11

STS-135… Lift Off!

At 11:29 EST Friday the Space Shuttle Atlantis left Earth for the last time.  I was there.  I still can’t fathom it.  It was a long morning, but an… more
 
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Posted by on 7/9/11

 

STS-135… Rain

Despite the rain and crippling humidity, the service structure was removed and Atlantis was revealed to an eager crowd of Twitter users.  But I’ll get to that later. The morning… more
 
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Posted by on 7/7/11

STS-135 is Coming….

After twenty-one straight days of working (including the pilot, podcast, and Fruit stand), I have come to Florida for what will be the end of the Space Shuttle program.  Florida… more
 
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Posted by on 7/6/11

Astronomy Class: The Aurora Borealis, Explained

Here’s a little lesson in how the aurora borealis happens, courtesy of forskning.no, animator Per Byhring, and the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo. There’s a little… more
 
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Posted by on 7/5/11

 
 
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