At least one of these Hitler Bunnies is clearly plotting evil. And the potato in the lower photo is either the result of black magic or perhaps an injection of thalydomide. Yes, this means we’ve been to the State Fair. Kathy’s New Mexico Tech had a booth open at the fair, and Kathy got some […]

During the Second World War, maps and tools were smuggled to Allied POW’s inside copies of the Monopoly game. The British secret service conspired with the U.K. manufacturer to stuff a compass, small metal tools, such as files, and, most importantly, a map, into cut-out compartments in the Monopoly board itself. “It was ingenious,” said […]

The Cassini spacecraft has discovered giant structures towering in Saturn’s rings. (The spike on the picture is the structure’s shadow, not the structure itself.) In recent weeks, Cassini’s cameras have spotted not only the predictable shadows of some of Saturn’s moons, but also the shadows of newly revealed vertical structures in the rings themselves. And […]

Someone has qualified for the Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. (Small steps, but still worth a million bucks.)Armadillo Aerospace qualified to win a million dollars of NASA’s money today by accomplishing a rocket-powered round trip modeled after a moon landing. The team’s remote-controlled Scorpius rocket (formerly known as the Super Mod) blasted off from its […]