Astronomer: What's the REAL chance an asteroid will wipe out life on Earth?: Astronomer Phil Plait gives you the scientific scoop on the odds of global asteroid armageddon.
And as a companion piece to that: Death from the Skies, in which Plait and singer George Hrab tell us about various astronomical things that might kill us. (Plait wrote a book on the subject a while back. It was pretty good.)
Mirror: I don't know about you, but I found this eerily accurate.
Ian Anderson + Cady Coleman flute duet in space: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and astronaut Cady Coleman perform an Earth-to-orbit rock flute duet. Which is awesome on all kinds of levels.
Personal account of tsunami and aftermath in Japan: An American's account of surviving the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Fascinating and very much worth reading, if only as a look at the ways people can pull together in a crisis.
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So much Ian Anderson, so little time. Want to watch all the videos!
ReplyDeleteHmm. Now I kind of want to go watch more Ian Anderson videos...
ReplyDeleteI like how Phil Plait observed, "astronomers are a chatty, verbose lot (perhaps you've noticed)." I'm rather surprised he didn't link to your blog, though. (Maybe his editor cut it out.)
ReplyDeleteHa!
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