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More on Helium 3 and fusion
Hard on the heels of my previous post about Russian plans to mine Helium-3 on the moon, The Speculist gives a quick overview of the state of fusion research–and mentions something I saw but didn’t quite know what to make of, a Chinese claim that it may be on the verge of creating the first …
Russia plans mine on the moon by 2020
A Russian space official claims Russia will have a permanent base on the moon by 2020 to mine Helium 3 to fuel nuclear fusion reactors. Presumably that means the Russians also expect we’ll have energy-producing fusion reactors by then. I hope they’re right, but I think I’m going to have to fall back on my …
As a fan of classic Disney animation…
…this makes me happy.
Smallest extrasolar planet found
The smallest extrasolar planet ever found–just 5.5 times the size of Earth–has been discovered in orbit around a red dwarf (the most common type of star in the galaxy) using a technique called microlensing. Best of all: The find suggests Earth-like planets are abundant in the galaxy and validates a technique that should be able …
A time machine for wines?
Probably thanks to books and movies, many people think that the older the wine, the better. That’s not necessarily true. As one rule of thumb notes, more good wine is drunk too late than too early. Wines kept too long in the bottle actually deteriorate, and some wines simply never benefit from being kept in …
Voting for the 25th time in his life…
…in today’s Canadian federal election: a 104-year-old man from Manitoba. Later today, my wife will help her 83-year-old mother, who is almost blind and can barely walk, to the polls so she can vote. And in a coffee shop earlier today, I heard three 20-something know-nothings pooh-pooh the whole idea of voting, with one boy …
Kidtronics
Why do I have a strong suspicions some of these may soon be appearing in our house, shared with a four-year-old?
Me, beginning to see the light
I don’t post pictures of myself very often, but here’s one: this is me singing in Weyburn on Friday the 13th for a Rotary Club fundraising event called Homegrown. Since I’m holding the mike in this slightly fuzzy shot, I must have been singing “I’m Beginning to See the Light.” Most of the others I …
An e-book epiphany?
Here’s an interesting article on e-books (and Sony’s new e-book reader in particular) from the Wall Street Journal It’s by Terry Teachout, the WSJ‘s drama critic, and one of my favorite arts bloggers.
The Lord of the Rings musical nears previews
The Lord of the Rings musical begins previews on February 2. Here’s an update on the state of the production so far, after almost $28 million has been spent.
Saskatoon’s Broadway Bridge at Night
Saskatoon’s Broadway Bridge at Night Originally uploaded by Edward Willett. Here’s a photo from our hotel room at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon last Wednesday. It was a beautiful (unusually warm, as it has been for a month-plus now) January night. The photo looks better in black and white than it did in the orange-and-white …
My latest live walk and vlog
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