It’s the 50th Carnival of Space, and it’s at KySat, and you want to read it.
’nuff said.
Archive for April 17th, 2008
Skeptologists webpage now online
A website has been created for the TV pilot The Skeptologists. It’s still a bit bare-bones for now, but we’ll be adding more to it as we can. It has info on the cast, links to other related sites, the teaser, and more. We’ll have to get pictures up there soon too!
More gorgeous HiRISE pictures
The HiRISE camera onboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter keeps churning out incredible images of Mars. This one is very cool, but it’s not obvious why at a glance:
I had to look at it for a moment to realize how amazing it is: there is a scarp (very steep and tall cliff) going across the bottom right corner, and it’s the shadow of that scarp cutting across the image that suddenly gives you a sense of looking right down a cliff.
Yowza. The full view is beautiful as well.
Also, check out the boulder race on Mars! Some of my favorite images are ones that imply (or show direct evidence of) motion. Mars is still a dynamic planet.
NPR, Science Channel, and Expelled??
The Expelled movie producers are, as we know from copious evidence, lying and evil.
Nefarious even. They placed ads for their antiscience propaganda piece on The Science Channel and NPR.
Evil does as evil is, so I’m not surprised they would try that. But I am really shocked that TSC and NPR would take their money. This movie is totally 100% against the missions of both The Science Channel and National Public Radio. It is seriously like taking the KKK’s money for ads, or from NAMBLA. Why would you do that?
I have not seen the TSC ads, but I was pretty surprised when I was poking around the NPR site and an ad for the movie popped up in a media player (I was looking for a podcast about the LHC, a scientific triumph, making the ad that much more appalling). PZ mentions it as well.
What they heck were they thinking?
I am too busy right now to draft up appropriate letters, but feel free to do so yourselves (after due diligence if you so desire). If I get a chance I’ll be taking care of that when I get back from Europe.
Hat tip to BABLoggee Randall Wald.
