Aurora borealis from space!

Some cool science pictures

This is an image of a squid's suckers. Check out some other cool images here.

More humans are killed every year by falling coconuts than by shark attacks.

Neat-O science tidbits.

Science-related tattoos

Even though I'd never get a tattoo, I think they can be neat. These adorn the bodies of various Nerdlingers. Definitely more interesting than badly drawn Tasmanian Devils (but maybe not as funny).

Whoa!

Here's an old video taken from the Grand Tetons, of a large meteor hurtling through the earth's atmosphere at god knows what speed. It never struck the ground, just cruising about 30 miles above the surface before heading back out into orbit. If it had struck, the impact would have been similar to a small atomic bomb detonating. Incredible.

Galaxy fight

The image is of a giant jet of radiation shot from a black hole at a smaller galaxy. Tubular.

Kute rare animal

Jerboa.



Supposedly it's the first time one of these suckers has been caught on film.

Giant sea scorpion

So these scientists found a fossilized claw of such a large size that indicates this prehistoric scorpion was about 8 feet long. How terrifying. Wouldn't it be neat if these suckers were still around? We could feed them with politicians. Picture that; instead of hanging the vice president for treason, he would be fed to giant aquatic scorpions.

Snarky sci fi writer's take on the "Creation Museum"

"Horseshit. Complete horseshit. Utter horseshit. Total horseshit. Horseshit, horseshit, horseshit, horseshit.....that is the key to understanding the Creation Museum."


Science fiction author, John Scalzi, was challenged by his readers to visit the Creation Museum that was built near his home. This is his essay/diatribe about his visit. Funny stuff.

http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=121

Neal, you've probably heard of this guy. I have one of his books but haven't cracked it yet.

Comet!

So check it out: there's this comet that, in, like, the last week and a half, suddenly brightened to over a million times its previous brightness. Astronomers are saying shit like it's "absolutely unprecedented in the annals of cometary astronomy." The anals of cometary asstronomy! Can you fucking believe it?

So anyway, this thing is supposed to rival the brightest stars in intensity, so go outside and check it out and shit.

The story: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071026-comet-holmes-update.html