I saw a few great April Fool’s jokes today, but this one at NASA Watch really got the prize:
“Pluto is Now Just a Fairly Large Rock”
With perfect mock-serious delivery, blog author Keith Cowing reported it like straight news — given the growing number of solar system bodies in Pluto’s neighborhood, the beleaguered little former planet [...]
Ever see pictures of the other planets and fight the ridiculous urge to pack a picnic, or don the hiking boots for a little interplanetary adventure? I do. With all the images now coming back from Mars, for example — and the fact that the surface boasts as many named features as some of our [...]
Pretty newsy science day, for a Saturday!
The space shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center with much well-deserved fanfare; the astronauts completed a 13-day mission including three space walks and full buildout (all four wings) of the International Space Station. They also brought home Sandra Magnus, who has spent four months in microgravity aboard the ISS. [...]
Lest you think I’m as bad at math as I really am, let me just say I know I skipped Day 60.
Day 60 is dead to me.
On Day 60, I landed at the doctor’s office again, because an infection didn’t respond to the first antibiotic — so now I’m on two. Yesterday, I felt awful. [...]
Tabitha Garcia had just left Texas to work the Christmas holiday at Sacks Fifth Avenue in New York. Shortly before her seasonal turn was set to expire, she was hunting around on CraigsList.org for her next opportunity, and when she saw a link asking “Are you the right one?” or some such, she clicked.
The ad [...]
