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SPACE ODDITY
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August 15, 2012
Free Will Astrology: August 15-21, 2012
Film
February 29, 2012
'This Is DCP': The Big Screen Test
Film Forum explores the Digital Cinema Package
Blogs
August 14, 2011
Collision of Galaxies Imminent
via NASA's Image of the Day GalleryThe galaxies you see in the image to the right, VV 340 North (top) and VV 340 South (bottom), are careening towards each other and on a cosmic collision course. The Hubble Telescope took the photo and it shows the two galaxies "in the early stages of their i ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Was the Space Shuttle Program a Success?
Each week, Death by Science sends out an all-points bulletin for the latest science and technology news, tracks it down and beats a confession out of it. This week, we wake up, rub the sleep out of our eyes, roll over in bed and ask the Space Shuttle, "So, now what?" (We had sex with the Sp ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Discovery's Last Mission, a Eulogy for the Shuttle Program
photo via NASAIt's the beginning of the end for NASA's shuttle fleet. Tonight at 4:50pm EST, Space Shuttle Discovery will slip the surly bonds of Earth for the 39th and final time. The oldest of the space agency's three operational orbiters will be making its last trip; a delivery run for the ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
Tom Wolfe Whines on Moon Shot Anniversary
It's the anniversary of NASA's moon shot, which means we get yet another bitch session from a disappointed Great American about our shocking lack of colonies on other planets.We remember a nearly identical whine from Tom Clancy some years ago, no doubt on another portentous anniversary -- it might h ... More >>
Music
June 8, 2004
Carnal Fission
Polly Jean Harvey goes home to the self-imposed alienation that all of us know so well
Art
April 15, 2003
Let There Be Light
What's So Popular About Popular Science? Three New Books Take on Life, the Universe, and Everything.