Elections Have Consequences...

...and this consequence I like.  Colonel West, elected to the House of Representatives from Florida this past November:



Oh, more like this, please!

Where are “UFOs” Spotted...

I'm not at all sure what this graphic is actually telling me, but somehow it's very amusing nonetheless.  The darker the color on the chart at right, the more UFO sightings per capita.  Looks like there's something in the water in the Rockies and on their western slopes, and that same mysterious additive is missing on the eastern slopes and Great Plains...

Old Photos, New Mosaic...

Astronaut Ed Mitchell took a series of photos out the window of the Antares landing module during Apollo 14.  Much more recently, using modern digital technologies, many of these photos have been stitched together to form the mosaic at right.  Click to enlarge, or see APOD for the image in all its glory...

Again?

Some Italian scientists are claiming that they have a working cold fusion reactor that is nearly ready for production.  I'm skeptical.  But jeez, wouldn't it be just wonderful if this time it were for real?