China has unveiled the world’s longest sea bridge
China today unveiled the world’s longest sea bridge, stretching 26.4 miles and three miles longer than the previous record holder.
Year: 2010
Wisconsin State Workers Fret as G.O.P. Takes Over
How The Cleveland Browns Told Off Annoying Fans In 1974
The right way to respond to a stupid lawyer letter.
Appeals court blocks EPA’s Texas takeover
Laws matter: The federal appeals court in Washington, DC, today blocked EPA’s takeover of Texas carbon-emmission regulation.
Snapped connectors led to Indian rocket failure
Snapped connectors led to the failure last week of India’s GSLV rocket.
Andre Rieu playing Auld Lang Syne
An evening pause: For the New Year.
Maine seeks exemption from Obamacare
Repeal the damn bill! Maine has asked the Obama administration to be exempted from certain provisions of ObamaCare.
Christians Are Casualties of 10 Baghdad Attacks
Tolerance from the religion of “peace”: Bomb attacks on fourteen Christians homes in Baghdad kill two and wound twenty. Note that though no one has yet come forward to claim responsibility for the attacks, an Islamic group had threatened to do exactly this one week ago.
Heading towards a Maunder Minimum
Though I have been saying that the Sun’s lack of sunspots the last two years suggests the possibility of that we might be facing an extended period without solar activity, I am not a solar scientist. Today, in a paper published today on the Los Alamos astro-ph website, a solar scientist says just that. Key quote:
One method that has yielded predictions consistently in the right range during the past few solar cycles is that of K. Schatten et al., whose approach is mainly based on the polar field precursor. The incipient cycle 24 [on-going right now] will probably mark the end of the Modern Maximum, with the Sun switching to a state of less strong activity.
Brazil joins the European Southern Observatory
Brazil has become the first non-European partner in the European Southern Observatory.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sues Topps for using his likeness in trading cards
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has sued Topps for using his likeness in their trading cards.
NASA Wraps Up X-ray Scans of external tank
Updated and bumped: The inspections reveal four additional cracks on Discovery’s external tank.
NASA engineers have finished a series of x-ray scans of Discovery’s external tank.