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Mars (Planet)

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2012

    Google and James Cameron: Asteroid Miners?

    Looks like Bruce Willis's mining team from Armageddon could be employed again. In a relatively strange press release, according to the Wall Street Journal, a new, fittingly named company called Planetary Resources, Inc. has teamed up with none other than the high officials at Goo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    A David Bowie Jazz Duet?

    No, not with Iman. It would be with feisty singer/actor Lea DeLaria, who exploded out of comedy and surprised some people with her award-winning jazz stylings.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Wanted: Taste Testers of Astronaut Food

    Calling all space geeks and food connoisseurs: Researchers at Cornell University are looking for volunteers to test out menus designed for astronauts on missions to Mars.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    NYC's 10 Weirdest Restaurants

    ​Hmmmm, will flying to Mars for dinner make me seasick? There has always been an element of zaniness in the New York dining scene, ever since pretty girls started selling hot ears of buttered corn down on Delancey Street in the 19th Century - or maybe even before that, because a restaurant b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2011

    Russian Mars Probe Will Probably be the Latest Thing to Crash into Earth

    via Wikipedia​In September, NASA's UARS satellite plummeted back to Earth, scattering debris over the Pacific Ocean. In October, Germany's ROSAT orbiting telescope reentered our atmosphere and crashed somewhere in Southeast Asia. Following this pattern of space crap falling back to Earth comes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2011

    White House Officially Denies Knowledge of Alien Life

    "I wholeheartedly agree with the White House. Carry on."​The White House has officially responded to a petition signed by 12,078 people calling for the government to "formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race." The Office of Science & Technology Policy's Phil L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Live: The Creators Project Brings Florence, Justice, And Lots Of Art To DUMBO

    Benjamin Lozovsky​The Creators Project October 15-16 Better than: A representative of the Intel Corporation laboriously explaining to me the superiority of their microprocessors. If you're suspicious that The Creators Project is all just a way for the Vice Empire to class up its image beyo ... 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

    June 17, 2011

    Robert Burnham Jr.'s 1983 Testament: An Astronomer-Recluse Inscribes His Universe (Part II)

    Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 4, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: May 4-May 10, 2011

    Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

  • Film

    March 9, 2011

    Curse of the Mummy in Mars Needs Moms

    Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 2, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: March 2 through 8, 2011

    Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    NASA Asked to Fix New York's 911 System

    ​New York is asking NASA to fix their beleaguered 911 system, the Daily News reports. The space agency is better known for doing things like going into space, but city officials hope they can help troubleshoot the out-of-synch and over-budget Emergency Communications Transformation Program as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    They May Both Lack Charm, But Mars Bar Definitely Isn't Mars 2112

    granvilleonline.caThis would be a good time to make a Uranus joke.​ EV Grieve points out a hilarious mistake from Canadian publication Granville Online in its article about the world's worst restaurant bathrooms. They confused divey Mars Bar with space-themed Midtown restaurant Mars 2112. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Last Night: Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Waxing Erudite At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

    In action at LPR. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Monday, June 21 Darcy James Argue would like us to know that CDs and "stylish T-shirts" are available for purchase, so as to "finance my big-band habit," which is "worse than crack." He then turns his attention back to co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Catching Up with the Antenna Man

    ​"Hello, people of Earth! I have come to your world..." Wait a minute, we thought -- is that Antenna Man? Turns out it was. We hadn't seen him on the L train for years. He was slightly less eccentrically costumed -- the shades were less ornate, and he had lost the deely boppers that signaled ... More >>

  • Theater

    November 10, 2009

    Idiot Savant Travels to Foremania, What Once We Felt to Dystopia; The Understudy Goes Nowhere

    ​"Hello, people of Earth! I have come to your world..." Wait a minute, we thought -- is that Antenna Man? Turns out it was. We hadn't seen him on the L train for years. He was slightly less eccentrically costumed -- the shades were less ornate, and he had lost the deely boppers that signaled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    A Message From Yoko Ono

    ​Yoko Ono, widow of the best Beatle, John Lennon, and legendary shriek-singer of "Walking on Thin Ice," is still radiating positivity after all these years. I'll never forget when, ages ago, I reviewed one of Yoko's albums and said the only good thing about it was the gurgling sound provided ... More >>

  • Film

    November 15, 2005

    Film

    ​Yoko Ono, widow of the best Beatle, John Lennon, and legendary shriek-singer of "Walking on Thin Ice," is still radiating positivity after all these years. I'll never forget when, ages ago, I reviewed one of Yoko's albums and said the only good thing about it was the gurgling sound provided ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 7, 2004

    Horoscope

    ​Yoko Ono, widow of the best Beatle, John Lennon, and legendary shriek-singer of "Walking on Thin Ice," is still radiating positivity after all these years. I'll never forget when, ages ago, I reviewed one of Yoko's albums and said the only good thing about it was the gurgling sound provided ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2004

    Moonstruck

    Is poetic license enough of a reason to explore the empty frontier of outer space?

  • Columns

    August 26, 2003

    Horoscope

    Is poetic license enough of a reason to explore the empty frontier of outer space?

  • NYC Life

    August 19, 2003

    Dancing (Naked) in the Dark

    Is poetic license enough of a reason to explore the empty frontier of outer space?

  • News

    February 4, 2003

    Nation

    Is poetic license enough of a reason to explore the empty frontier of outer space?

  • Columns

    November 26, 2002

    Horoscope

    Is poetic license enough of a reason to explore the empty frontier of outer space?

  • Music

    October 8, 2002

    Unidentified Fretted Object

    David Beardsley Paints Moods Without Moving

  • Columns

    July 23, 2002

    Horoscope

    David Beardsley Paints Moods Without Moving

  • News

    April 16, 2002

    Brothers to Another Planet

    NASA Tries to Launch Space-Science Dreams

  • Columns

    February 26, 2002

    Horoscope

    NASA Tries to Launch Space-Science Dreams

  • News

    November 6, 2001

    Outside Chance

    Meet the Thinkers Who'd Help Uncle Sam—If Only He'd Bring Them In

  • Columns

    June 19, 2001

    Horoscope

    Meet the Thinkers Who'd Help Uncle Sam—If Only He'd Bring Them In

  • Music

    April 24, 2001

    More, More, More

    Sex Workers and Alcoholics Dominate Popular Music Once Again

  • Columns

    February 13, 2001

    Horoscope

    Sex Workers and Alcoholics Dominate Popular Music Once Again

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Lethal Lasers, Alien Fossils

    A Roundup of Undercovered Technology News

  • Film

    November 14, 2000

    Do You Believe?

    A Roundup of Undercovered Technology News

  • Music

    June 27, 2000

    Impolite Discourse

    The Noise Boys Ride Again

  • News

    December 28, 1999

    Future Shock

    Sci-fi Novelist Samuel R. Delany Imagines New York City Circa 3000

  • Music

    December 14, 1999

    Lying With Animals and Children

    Sci-fi Novelist Samuel R. Delany Imagines New York City Circa 3000

  • Specials

    July 6, 1999

    Letters

    Sci-fi Novelist Samuel R. Delany Imagines New York City Circa 3000

  • News

    December 15, 1998

    Millennial Prophecies

    Exclusive! America’s Only Psychic Journalist Reports the News Before it Happens!

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