Author: Flytrap

It won’t be dragging space ships any time soon

But it’s a start — look out, Millenium Falcon!… Read more

New infrared images of Uranus show details not seen before.

Let the jokes begin.… Read more

Next year, we’ll finally (probably) get what Doctor Who fans have been clamoring for years: namely a good, proper look at the Eleventh Doctor’s TARDIS interior

Hopefully, the Cloister Room…… Read more

The career of the actress, comedian, and host (of talk shows and award shows alike) was honored with a star-studded gathering at the Kennedy Center

Well-deserved, Dory!… Read more

A gray, 2-inch rock that hit a Novato home is the first confirmed chunk of the meteor that dramatically exploded over the Bay Area last week.

I wonder if my home insurance covers rocks falling from the sky?… Read more

Boldly cut pizza where no man has cut before!

I’m not sure how totally nerdy I can get, but this will help.… Read more

Nobody can deny that we need to prepare for a zombie attack

Nice to see that they’re prepared in Utah, but I wonder how they’ll know the difference?
(I welcome your letters and flames.)… Read more

That’s not a joke. It’s really kind of scary.

Criminy! Now I kind of want to see it.… Read more

If bacteria can survive in space and can hitch rides on meteorites, and meteorites regularly travel here from Mars and elsewhere, we could all be martians.

My Grampa was a strange little green man
Who flew through space inside a big tin can
He stopped at Mars to have fling
With a green and slimy … Read more

There is at least one planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B

Is that where those little green men hang out in the winter?… Read more

The CIA’s creation of a fake movie studio as part of a covert rescue operation was so believable that even Steven Spielberg thought it was a real company.

Good job, CIA! (And I don’t say THAT very often.)… Read more

See what you make of this…

I’ll lay buck$ that ain’t gonna haapen…but pleeeease, someone make it so!… Read more

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The Firefly 10th anniversary special is inching closer to air

And nerds everywhere are rejoicing and partying and staying in that night! (Including me, of course.)… Read more