SpaceShip 2 Flies Over San Francisco
In San Francisco, I’m afraid we’ve got a touch of the Space Madness. What else is new, you ask?...
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Magnitude 7.4 Quake Hits Japan; No Abnormality at Fukushima
The Associated Press reported about 20 minutes ago as of this writing that a magnitude 7.4 quake hit off...
Troy Hartman’s Jet Pack on Skis
Update: While I was sleeping, Popular Mechanics did a nice interview with Hartman back on March 17th. About a...
Personal Cremation Urns for Stalkers and Weirdos
This makes my brain hurt. Cremation Solutions makes personalized urns for you to, you know, keep the cremated remains...
Egyptian Cobra Reported Missing at Bronx Zoo
To celebrate the imminent disappearance of the New York Times from my life, I took a long, slow dance...
Science Ink and the Science Tattoo Emporium
In her Twitter stream, the always-interesting Mary Roach alerts me to what looks like an amazing book of science...
Radioactive “Zenon” Detected in Fallout from American Science Reporting Meltdown
In tonight’s entry in The Chronicles of Dubious Science Reporting, you could track the high achievement in atomic-powered journalism...
Fukushima Radioactive Water “Almost Certainly” From #2 Reactor Core
With a spike in radiation levels detected in water pooling at the Fukushima I plant, the air in the...
Great Dorothy Young Tribute at the Daily Mail
If you visited Google today, you’re aware that it’s illusionist, stuntman, stage magician and Debunker of Spiritualists Harry Houdini’s...
“Possible” Radiation Burns On 2 Fukushima Workers
In what appears to be the first report of possible acute injuries received directly from radiation at Fukushima, three...