Norad tracks Santa.

norad tracks santa

Seldom does astronomy enjoy a year with such avid and widespread amateur participation, from first-timers watching compelling sky events and photographing them, to a kid who stumped the experts with one remarkable picture that enthralled the media and the public around the world.

The Best of 2003: Top 10 Astronomy Images

Jeremy wrote:
] Based on interviews with eighteen prominent scientists and
] public policymakers from around the globe, A Parliament of
] Science provides a rich overview of the challenges, promises,
] and perils of science and technology in the twenty-first
] century.
]
] What can we hope for?
]
] What must we fear?
]
] How can scientists, civil society, and politicians work
] together to harness science and technology into a power for
] the good of all humanity?
]
] Those interviewed speak candidly of their passions, hopes, and
] concerns as they explore the scientific and policy
] implications of the major issues of our time, including
] sustainability, politics, cloning, ethics, global climate
] change, the digital divide, and mass extinction of biological
] species.
]
] This welcome introduction to the debate on mankind's needs for
] a true "science for the twenty-first century" also serves as a
] sobering reappraisal of where we have been, what our ingenuity
] has wrought for better or for worse, and where we and the
] whole planet seem to be headed.

This is starting to look like "V." Maybe Bush is a space lizard.

RE: A Parliament of Science

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BugMeNot.com

A decent discussion why spam continues to exist... because it's profitable.

The economics of spam (The Register)

funny.

Bush vs Bush

Police have arrested three Brits on suspicion of flogging a lot of cannabis over the Internet - almost half a million pounds worth.

Police arrest 'online cannabis dealers'

Instead, the strange craft in the skies will mean that the Russians are finally here -- with a little help from the U.S. Navy.

Flying Saucer May Yet Take Flight

One of the most important principles of physics, that disorder, or entropy, always increases, has been shown to be untrue.

"Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have carried out an experiment involving lasers and microscopic beads that disobeys the so-called Second Law of Thermodynamics, something many scientists had considered impossible."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Beads of doubt

Decius wrote:
] ] Libya wants to solve all problems and we want to focus on
] ] development and advancing our country. This (weapons)
] ] programme does not benefit our people or country... We
] ] want to have ties with America and Britain because this
] ] is in the interest of our people.
]
] Saddam's capture has overshadowed two other major wins for the
] administration this week. The first was Iran's agreement to
] allow inspections of it's nuclear facilities. The second was
] Libya's disarmament agreement. In the wake of the Iraq war a
] number of our enemies have decided that opposing us is counter
] productive.

Either that or they just think Bin Laden's methods are more successful.

RE: BBC NEWS | Africa | World reaction to Libya's decision