Tag: Space

Wednesday Wanderings: Scientists Discover Link Between Brain and Immune System, Librarians Parody Queen, Stephen Hawking Wants to Send a Ship to the Stars, and 21 Novels You Should Read

~ M.A. Kropp

The discovery of a connection between the brain and the immune system means new insights to many diseases: Immune System I think we all love a good parody, and when it combines Bohemian Rhapsody and librarians, it is definitely worth watching: Librarian Rhapsody Stephen Hawking helps fund a project to send a tiny spacecraft to … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Scientists Discover Link Between Brain and Immune System, Librarians Parody Queen, Stephen Hawking Wants to Send a Ship to the Stars, and 21 Novels You Should Read

Wednesday Wanderings: World’s Largest Cave, Ancient Pompeii Opens, ST VII Concept Art, and Planetary Exploration Timeline

~ M.A. Kropp

This is the largest cave in the world, and has its own mini-climate: Son Doong Cave Italy has opened six villas preserved in ancient Pompeii: Pompeii Here's some really neat concept art that Lucasfilm has released from The Force Awakens: Star Wars Art This is a rather neat look at planetary exploration timelines from 2003 projected … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: World’s Largest Cave, Ancient Pompeii Opens, ST VII Concept Art, and Planetary Exploration Timeline

Wednesday Wanderings: Folklore Creatures, Funny Animal Photos, SpaceX Lands a Rocket, and Christmas

~ M.A. Kropp

I don't know that I would call all of these "insane," but there are some interesting creatures in this list: Nordic Folklore Creatures We all know animals do some funny things, but these photos won the first Comedy Animal Pictures awards: Funny Animals This is pretty danged cool! This week, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Folklore Creatures, Funny Animal Photos, SpaceX Lands a Rocket, and Christmas

Wednesday Wanderings: Photos of Pluto, Ice Castles in NH, Doctor Who Musical Number, and Star Wars Snowflakes

~ M.A. Kropp

Here's a video compilation of some of the best pictures of Pluto from the New Horizons spaceship: Pluto New Hampshire's answer to Arendelle returns for another season: NH Ice Castle Doctor Who Cast and Crew musical for the end of David Tennant's run as the Doctor: Who Musical Number Remember those cute paper snowflakes you … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Photos of Pluto, Ice Castles in NH, Doctor Who Musical Number, and Star Wars Snowflakes

Wednesday Wanderings: Best Thing To Do with Leftover Turkey, Civil War Trailer, Galaxies in Glass, and Foxes on a Trampoline

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Do you have turkey leftover from Thanksgiving? This recipe for turkey croquettes is one we have been making for years. It is a little fussy, and is best if you can do it over a couple days so they can chill thoroughly enough to handle easily, but, trust me, "your patience will be rewarded" (as … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Best Thing To Do with Leftover Turkey, Civil War Trailer, Galaxies in Glass, and Foxes on a Trampoline

Wednesday Wanderings: Bubbles, Saturn’s Moon’s Ocean, More Star Wars VII Details, and the Wisdom of Yogi Berra

~ M.A. Kropp

What this woman does with bubbles is amazing: Bubbles Using data from the Cassini mission, scientists have discovered a global ocean on one of Saturn's moons: Moon Ocean This is from a few months back, but it gives more hints and details about the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Star Wars VII Yogi Berra, … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Bubbles, Saturn’s Moon’s Ocean, More Star Wars VII Details, and the Wisdom of Yogi Berra

Wednesday Wanderings: Pluto Pictures, Mom Posters, Tom Does Hank, and the Shek Report

~ M.A. Kropp

Here are some more pictures of Pluto. These are really spectacular, and show a lot of detail about our little planet buddy: Pluto Remember all those things Mom would tell you, over and over? With these motivational posters, all she has to do is hang some artwork: Mom Posters Because one can never get enough … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Pluto Pictures, Mom Posters, Tom Does Hank, and the Shek Report

Wednesday Wanderings: Monolith Found Underwater, Time Lapse Earth Video, Miss Piggy Gets Distracted, and Dr. Who Season 9 Trailer

~ M.A. Kropp

A stone monolith, which may be 10,000 years old, has been discovered underwater in the Sicillian Channel: Monolith Dmitry Pisanko took publicly available footage from the ISS and made this rather lovely time lapse video of the Earth from space: Earth Video We were all devastated by the announced break-up of Kermit the Frog and … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Monolith Found Underwater, Time Lapse Earth Video, Miss Piggy Gets Distracted, and Dr. Who Season 9 Trailer

Wednesday Wanderings: Storm Clouds, Easter Island Bodies, Where Are the Aliens, and Life Advice from Over Sixty

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Amazing video of the beauty of powerful storm clouds: Storm Clouds Those huge stone heads on Easter Island have bodies, too: Easter Island Statues Are we really alone out there? If not, where are all the aliens? This article takes a look at some of the possible explanations: Alien Life? Twenty Pieces of Advice from … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Storm Clouds, Easter Island Bodies, Where Are the Aliens, and Life Advice from Over Sixty

Wednesday Wanderings: Another Earth?, Border Photos, Amethyst Hotel, and Body Farms

~ M.A. Kropp

Breaking Space News! NASA to announce discovery of a potential second Earth on Thursday: Kepler Discovery There are some pretty interesting borders between countries out there. Here are some photos: Borders China is building a hotel modeled after an amethyst geode. It's pretty: Amethyst Hotel There are six forensic study "body farms" in the US … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Another Earth?, Border Photos, Amethyst Hotel, and Body Farms