Meta Watershed

(The Pleiades, visible to the naked-eye [just 430 light years away], are a 100 million year old open star cluster. They contain well over a ...

Overheard in Buenos Aires: "Yess, yess, he vass my SSSOULMATE !" For more reading, check out Jill's post at Brilliant at Brea...

Here's the weekly best of what I've gleaned from I Can Has Cheezburger efforts. There are some really creative folks out there. As ...

Here's your weekly time-lapse video showing a fascinating natural event. Hat-tip to WordWeaverLynn for the original link, and Wired Sci...

No, not Michael or Farrah: Habeas corpus (1215-2009). The idea that we are citizens instead of subjects. The rule of law instead of Presi...

(Interacting Galaxies in Group Arp 194. Click on image to enlarge.) Every Thursday, I post a very large photograph of some corner of space ...

Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs have announced an updated version of their Marauder's Map, including portions of the Appalac...