Well, at least it will feel longer…

Has the “holy grail” of earthquake prediction been discovered?

Ray Bradbury speaks words of sense to a presidential commission reviewing George W. Bush’s proposal for returning humans to the moon and advancing on to human exploration of Mars.

Seems a new rock Opportunity has found on Mars has cosmic portent.

How can I not point you to The Geek Hierarchy, when I qualify for the pinnacle of geekdom as identified thereon?

This is not only cool technology, it’s environmentally friendlier.

This week’s most SFnal story (so far, at least): this one about imimplanting chips in the hands of police so that only they can fire their weapons…

Ah, spring! What better time to celebrate flower power? The use of flowers for gifts and decoration has a long history (the ancient Romans and the Chinese were wild about roses), but to a plant our infatuation might seem a little kinky: flowers are plants’ reproductive organs. Or, to be more precise, they’re the reproductive …

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It’s true! A giant sinkhole is swallowing cars near downtown Timmins. A punishment, perhaps?

Via E. L. Chen, something to do instead of whatever it is you’re supposed to be doing right now, which probably isn’t reading blogs: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. …

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A dwarf mouse named Yoda turned 4 on Saturday, or roughly 136 in human years.

As a cat lover, I find this story about an archaeological find that seems to indicate some kind of human-cat bonding thousands of years earlier than previously thought proof that our ancient ancestors were very intelligent people.