My mother was looking through the photo albums in the closet, and she found this, which apparently I drew in kindergarten: This must have been after I watched Timothy Ferris's The Creation of the Universe for the Nth time. Looking...
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Posted on November 24, 2008 9:24 AM • 14 Comments •
Polls compiled by the election-statistics website Five to the Thirty-Eight reveal a development surprising to some analysts: the galaxy Messier 101 has swung overwhemingly to Obama, with only a few pockets of McCain support in the outlying regions....
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Posted on October 27, 2008 5:34 PM • 7 Comments •
Poetry time! This is a brief selection from Ted Kooser, a poet famous for sending thousands of handmade Valentines, among other accomplishments. After Years Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away, and without a sound the glittering face...
Posted on October 27, 2008 9:37 AM • 0 Comments •
What we need, and what we're missing.
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Posted on October 21, 2008 9:36 AM • 6 Comments •
Intergalactic communication by variable stars.
Posted on September 4, 2008 5:25 PM • 12 Comments •