"I don't need a dentist. Somebody hit me, that's all."
May 1, 2013 9:51 PM // Permalink
Tumblr juxtaposition of the day. Great emotional depth from a tiny atom movie?
Here’s the actual IBM atom movie. It’s made with science.
April 30, 2013 7:57 PM // Permalink
France: Bonjour guvna, I have this Louisiana for sale. You want it?
Monroe: Yes plz.
For roughly 4 cents an acre, the fledgling United States doubled in size with the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, signed 210 years ago with France on April 30, 1803.
Acting on orders from President Thomas Jefferson (who had put his doubts as to the constitutionality of the expansion aside) American agents James Monroe and Robert Livingston had planned only to negotiate for the purchase of New Orleans and Florida from France. Instead they were offered the entire territory for the equivalent of 15 million dollars, an offer they hastily accepted.
The Sun’s Jacques Kelly wrote about plans for this old West Baltimore Ice house — same one I turfed up some pictures of the other day.
April 19, 2013 10:31 PM // Permalink
After a somewhat depressing week, nice to think that we might be getting closer to discovering life elsewhere.
Space News of the Day: Three Exoplanets May Be Life-Sustainable
After four years circling space looking for new planets, the Kepler spacecraft has identified three planets that look like they could possibly sustain life. The first two, known as Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f (shown above, top and middle), are approximately 1,200 light-years away and have estimated temperatures of -3 degrees C (26.6 F) and -65 degrees C (-85 F) respectively. The third planet, Kepler-69c (shown above, bottom) boasts a summer day-like temperature of 27 degrees C (80.6 F). Some scientists think these planets could actually be covered in oceans, but they are unsure if they would be composed of water or some other liquid.
April 19, 2013 10:30 PM // Permalink
The press conference after Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev’s capture. Great pictures from a crazy day at the New York Times.
April 19, 2013 7:57 PM // Permalink
Half mast for Boston in the thunder and the rain (at The Baltimore Sun)
April 15, 2013 10:46 PM // Permalink // Tags New Yorker,
Here is a lovely New Yorker cover. Since the spaceships seem to be shot out of a cannon, I have to assume that one man is refilling the Coca Cola tank.
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