Sandy Magnus grew up in Belleville, Illinois, and dreamed of going into space. She got her chance in 2002 when she spent almost 11 days on board the space shuttle, and now she’s going back for an even longer trip. Later this year, Magnus will take a ride to the International Space Station, where she’ll […]
Wanna lose weight? Get on the flu diet. It worked for me! I used to make fun of Nicole Richie and those other Hollywood starlets with their bulimia and various eating disorders, but no more. Over the ten days I was down — but the food wasn’t — the pounds just melted away. Friends have […]
The misleading headline in the paper this morning’s read, “New cervical cancer vaccine is said to be a very painful injection.” The sub-headline: “Health officials also note reports of fainting among girls getting the shot.” Mike Stobbe’s Associated Press piece is bad journalism, which could do some real harm by scaring women and girls who […]
Until now, there were exactly three great movies about the US space program: “The Right Stuff,” “Apollo 13,” and Tom Hanks’ HBO series “From The Earth To The Moon.” Add to that “In The Shadow Of The Moon,” a new documentary about the Apollo program that stars the men who actually went to the moon, […]
During a discussion of Microsoft’s new tabletop computer last night, I heard one analyst refer to this as “real space-age technology.” I’m sure she meant this was cutting-edge, 21st-century stuff, but space-age? So, it’s technology from more than four decades ago? That’s when we went into space! I’m surprised she didn’t find it “hip.”
The telescope aboard the Japanese spacecraft Hinode (Sunrise) has captured some remarkable pictures of the sun. This video shows an area of about 5,000 square miles of the solar surface, complete with flares, bubbling, and hot plasma… You may need some sunscreen with an SPF of over a million to get this close. There’s more […]