links for 2008-01-15

By drorzel on January 14, 2008.

Overheard in New York | The United Nations, Encapsulated

"They have been underestimating my power for quite some time now."

(tags: silly blogs)
SFFWorld 2007 Best Reads Review (Part 1)

A discussion of the best in fantasy last year.

(tags: books literature SF review)
SFFWorld Best Reads 2007 (Part II) - Page 1 of 4

A discussion of the best science fiction of the year.

(tags: books literature SF review)
NASA - Messenger Spacecraft - Mercury - Space - New York Times

Messenger visits Mercury, but it will be a few days before we get cool pictures.

(tags: science space news planets astronomy)
Big Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs? - New York Times

Overbye on the whole Boltzmann brain thing. I still don't see the point.

(tags: science astronomy physics)

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