Strainer than fiction…
- A beginning is a very delicate time, indeed: Every book publisher turned down Frank Herbert’s Dune.
- Chinese researchers tap quantum noise to generate randomness at record rates —because that’s what the Universe just needs: more entropy :-/
- Secret entrance to Martian’s underground city found by a class of 7th graders —only half of this is truth.
- Crikey! Asronaut aboard the ISS photographs
death rayAurora Australis. - You’ve got mail— from E.T.
- Alien abduction lore, with a romantic twist(!): Trying Human, a webcomic by Emy Bitner.
- The tale of Enrique Castillo Rincon, a man who in 1973 came in contact with non-human entities in Colombia [H/T The Orange Orb].
- Women are choosy about their partners —in more ways you can imagine! It’s 2010 & I’m still waiting for my Cherry 2000.
- “Yo Honey, I nuked the kids”: DIY fusion in Brooklin.
- Earliest known icons of the apostles Peter & Paul, found in a Roman catacomb.
- New theory of King Tut’s cause of death —is this obsession part of the curse?
- Seems the mysterious “X-Woman” was aptly named after all…
- Stomps with Wolves: Seeing Sasquatch as a noble savage.
- Why chimps go on the warpath.
- …And speaking of hairy —& scary!— beasts: take a look at Unearthing: a semi-autobiographical multimedia work by Alan Moore [Mo(o)re].
- World’s biggest dinosaur graveyard uncovered.
- Australian scientist predicts the human race will become extinct in 100 years —optimistic fellow, IMO.
- Is it raining oil in Louisiana? the National Weather Service dismisses the notion of ‘black rain’ —and I beg to differ.
- Video: Whitley Strieber discusses his latest novel, The Omega Point [Amazon U.S. & U.K.].
- Good news, everyone: Before the sun fried the Earth in 2012, we’ll get the chance to see 20 geektastic films.
Thanks Kat, Rick & Paul.
Quote of the Day:
“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense”
Mark Twain
