February 2008
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Space Kimchi
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Fermented cabbage makes the leap from earth to space, in a watershed moment for spicy foodstuffs the world over. Certainly tastes better than Tang — this is possibly the only interesting news ever to be associated with the International Space Station.
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Gemini telescope: back for the UK
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In an unexpectedly rational decision, STFC (UK astronomy’s funding council, if you haven’t been paying attention) and the board of the Gemini telescope, have come to some sort of agreement to reinstate UK observing time for the time being, with the further statement from Gemini that “The Board asks that the Chair and Designated Members,…
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Congratulations and be prosperous
新年快樂 Happy New Year of the Rat to all of the visitors landing here from Google, searching for “Gung hei fat choi“!
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Super Tuesday Night and Wednesday Morning
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I only managed to make it to halftime of the Superbowl, but I’m going to try to last through at least a few Super-Tuesday results. (So if you follow this blog to read my opinions on subjects about which I actually know anything, you’ll just have to wait until a future post. And/or you can…
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