Archive for January 25th, 2006

space cowboys indeed

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

I know that Helium is expensive, but this is ridiculous. Seriously, just the fuel required? “We are planning to build a permanent base on the moon by 2015 and by 2020 we can begin the industrial-scale delivery… of the rare isotope Helium-3,”said Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of the Energia space corporation.

  

would you rather…

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

many of you are probably familiar with this game, but it’s worthwhile…

1. Would you rather have you parents be able to read your mind and have access to every memory or have your wife/partner/s.o./etc have the same ability?
[from the Geoff show secret podcast, 19th January]

  

your mid-day elephant news

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

This is a very interesting study!
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060123/elephantmama_ani.html

and I’m not just saying it since the hottest guy in the biology/ecology department was part of it…

  

Fun with Wikipedia

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Granted, it wasn’t the smartest policy to allow anonymous entry creation, but it did make for some entertaining (as long as you’re not involved) stories.

(for those with a short attention span, the first link = boring, the second one = short and funny)