Mars is Amazing

I need one of these

It's a spherical cow!



At $38 and more than a foot approximately 42 centimeters in diameter, that's approxmiately 0.7¢/cm³! A total bargain!

And now some people are laughing, and other people haven't taken physics.

Science Tatoos

Another science blogger asked his readers how many of them had science (or math or comp sci) related tattoos. This is the result. Now I'm tempted to get the below icon created by RoseFox upon my request as a tattoo. I just can't decide where...

Rockin' Astrophysicist

After a 30-year leave of absense to become Queen's lead guitarist, Brian May finally finished writing his astrophysics doctorate thesis. We don't know yet if his thesis committee has accepted it, and the actual graduation wouldn't be until next May (2008).