Saturday, May 17, 2008

Bad Astronomy at the Detroit Science Center

Bad Astronomy at the Detroit Science Center

Bad Astronomy at the Detroit Science Center

I just spent the weekend at the Detroit Science Center in Michigan, where they premiered the Bad Astronomy planetarium show. Hmmm… sounds like a good idea for a book. Haha. In fact, the show is based on my first book, and I’m in the show itself, hosting it and doing some of the narration...

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Washington County: Fossils shed light on East Tennessee past (The Tennessean)
Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site in upper East Tennessee know there were hickory trees in the region eons ago. They found hickory nuts while examining fossilized feces in long-extinct animals.

Revisited & retouched

Revisited & retouched

Hollywoods kärleksaffär med nyversioner och uppföljningar fortsätter med oförminskad styrka. Man kan undra om det längre finns något man inte är beredd att fräscha upp eller spinna vidare på. Går gränsen kanske vid drömfabrikens egna ikoner? It's Still a Wonderful Life? Citizen Kane med...

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Garland man finds fossil of mosasaur in Duck Creek (Dallas Morning News)
Charles Amyx had seen fossils in museums, but he didn't buy into the notion that dinosaurs ever existed. "How can these be 3 million years old?" he asked, citing his belief that the world is much younger.

"Donnie's not in (the new film) but there are meteorites and rabbits."

"Donnie's not in (the new film) but there are meteorites and rabbits."

Yikes. Because I am one of the five people who enjoyed Southland Tales, dear friend Amanda (who appears to have perhaps been a member of an Estrogen Brigade at one point!) was kind enough to warn me that some idiots are planning a sequel to Richard Kelly's best known movie, Donnie Darko, despite the...

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