It’s spring, the time when a young girl’s (or boy’s) heart turns to thoughts of…swings, slides, and merry-go-rounds. At least, that’s the case with the young girl I know best, my daughter Alice, who has been talking about playgrounds ever since the snow started melting. I’m sure her desire to visit one is all part …

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From Reuters: Mars Travel Hazard: Electric Mini-Tornadoes.

It took 40 years–but it’s up!

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?