Four spectacular waterspouts off the coast of Australia today
Four spectacular waterspouts were seen off the coast of Australia today. With images!
Category: Behind The Black
The underground city beneath Jerusalem
Battleground (1949)
An evening pause: On Memorial Day, one short scene from the William Wellman film, Battleground (1949), to remind us why sometimes it is necessary to fight a war.
Republicans still firmly against raising debt ceiling without big cuts
I hope they mean it: Republicans still firmly against raising debt ceiling without big cuts.
Cats in a row
An evening pause: Don’t ask me to explain this.
Five People Arrested in D.C. for Dancing At U.S. Monument
What would Jefferson say? Five people arrested this weekend in D.C. for dancing at the Jefferson memorial monument.
Axis of Awesome — Every pop song ever written
An evening pause: Axis of Awesome playing every pop song ever written.
Robot exploration in the Great Pyramid at Giza
Robot exploration in the Great Pyramid at Giza.
The robot explorer that took the images is named Djedi, after the magician whom Pharaoh Khufu consulted when planning the layout of the Great Pyramid. It was designed and built by engineers at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with Scoutek UK and Dassault Systemes, France.
Pharmacist fired by Walgreens for using his gun to defend himself and customers from robbers
Let no good deed go unpunished: Walgreens has fired one of their pharmacists for using his gun to defend himself and his customers from armed robbers.
Opportunity spots an outcrop
Opportunity’s journey across the deserts of Mars continues; with pictures.
Fincke Sets New U.S. Space Endurance Record
Astronaut Mike Fincke sets a new U.S. space endurance record.
Riding a Soyuz back to Earth
Rough and fast: Riding a Soyuz back to Earth.