Dinosaurs Are Cool: Especially in New York

Dinosaurs are cool. Just ask my mom and my niece, Elizabeth. They love the things. I think they've seen Jurassic Park one to many times but what do I know. I do know that New York has a groovy new exhibit opening this month utilizing a lot of technologies they've not played with before.

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Look Mom: A New Planet

About a year ago, a red speck appeared next to a brown dwarf star in the Hydra constellation. The European Southern Observatory eyed this red dot with its telescope in Chile. Scientists speculated this speck might be a previously unknown planet. It would seem they were right.

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Swampthings on Mars?

As if scientists needed another tantalizing indicator in their search for extraterrestrial life, the recent evidence of methane gas, apparently rampaging along the surface of Mars, gives them the catnip needed to buzz more about it.

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Blog Networks and Blog Ownership

I've been following on with interest and fascination at John Battelle's emerging FMPublishing project. John is attempting to build a publishing company ...

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