None alone were able to generate enough mental energy to blog about, but together had enough activation energy, so here they be…
Most Detailed View Yet of the Apollo 11 Moonwalks: Big Pic
http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-apollo-11-landing-site-120314.html
Take THAT moon landing conspirators! Of course, they will simply claim that this photo was also fabricated also, so whats the point? Anyway, it is amazing to see the tracks left by the first explorers. I imagine that if we are ever able to colonize the moon that area, at least, will be fenced off as a monument or something.
Powered Roboglove moves from space to auto plants
http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/62069-powered-roboglove-moves-from-space-to-auto-plants
It looks like as soon as someone solves the power problem the Starship Troopers body armor will be a reality. It is either that or waldos or even AI-operated Terminators. I think I would rather have a human in the loop, not that my opinions matter.
Solar eruption mistaken for refueling UFO spaceship
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/14/solar-eruption-mistaken-for-refueling-ufo-spaceship/
Of course, it isn’t a UFO at all, at least to educated people. Image artifacts are something people seem increasingly unable to comprehend (I read an article the other day about an image at a Mayan temple taken during a lighting storm that appeared to show a beam of light emanating from the top of the temple, it was just a well-known artifact of how digital images are processed). I am not sure if is Americans are getting stupider (though I certainly feel that is the case) or if because of their ignorance the find scientific explanations untrustworthy or what, but people seem increasingly willing (nay, eager!) to latch onto the most extraordinary explanation for anything that happens along. I sometimes find it very challenging to accept that the exact same species that produces Newtons, Einsteins, Fermis, etc. can produce so many butt ugly stupid morons. How is it possible that a single species can have such a wide range of intellects (presuming you care to dignify the lower-end of the spectrum with that term)?
