Maybe Dubya wants to clone her

Good news, everybody! Judging from this Reuters photo of teleprompter preparations, a certain robot from the 30th century will be opening the Democratic convention festivities with the pledge of allegiance. Gleep!

Hmm. In reading a story about the orbit of Saturn, which is now closer than it’s been since 1973, I came across this blurb: With a simple sky map, Saturn is easy to find right now. It is currently in the  [more...]

So, I’m watching yet another documentary on the 1906 earthquake — you can’t swing a seismometer around here without hitting half a dozen commemorative documentaries, special newspaper supplements, or  [more...]